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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... low attenuation (table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
terms to describe areas ... visible wall #CXR ... #Lucency #Differential ... #Table #CavitaryLesion ... Pulmonary #Diagnosis #Radiology
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
examine all the areas ... where the lung ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CXR ... ParatrachealStripe #RadiologyAssistant
When a rib fracture heals, the callus formation may create a mass-like appearance (blue arrow).
Sometimes a
formation may create ... is necessary to differentiate ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Old #RibFracture ... #Pseudotumor #RadiologyAssistant
Cystic lung disease
Lung cysts are defined as radiolucent areas with a wall thickness of less than
as radiolucent areas ... listed in the table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... CysticLungDisease #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... dealing with the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP #RadiologyAssistant
Longstanding Sarcoidosis
Here a typical chest film in a patient with long standing Sarcoidosis (stage IV).
There is
a patient with long ... The differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... Sarcoidosis #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
Wegener's granulomatosis
Wegener's is a collagen vascular disease with vasculitis involving the lung, kidney and sinuses.
In the
In the lung the ... as ill-defined areas ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #GPA #Wegeners ... Multifocal #Nodules #RadiologyAssistant
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
the chest film (Table ... In daily clinical ... chronic obstructive lung ... #CHF #CXR #Stages ... Findings #Signs #RadiologyAssistant
On a normal lateral chest film the silhouette of the left diaphragm 2- can be seen
One should be able ... bordered by the lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... SilhouetteSign #RadiologyAssistant