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Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
Consolidation is ... or tumor cells (Table ... Even fibrosis as ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
end-stage with massive fibrosis ... of consolidation ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... Pattern #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
Lobar pneumonia ... On the chest x-ray ... Notice the air-bronchogram ... causes of chronic consolidation ... #Pneumonia #RadiologyAssistant
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation ... - Lobar consolidation ... - Fibrosis ... empyema - Air-fluid ... #TB #Patterns #chest
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... low attenuation (table ... On a Chest X-Ray ... detected on a chest ... #RadiologyAssistant
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
with subsequent fibrosis ... diffuse or patchy consolidation ... of consolidation ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
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or an area of consolidation ... usually contain air ... with end-stage fibrosis ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CTChest ... Emphysema #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... Causes: • Cystic fibrosis ... centrilobular nodules, or consolidation ... high-resolution chest ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
radiographic findings are areas ... patients with a UIP ... disease in the differential ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #RadiologyAssistant
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
interstitium by fluid, fibrous ... has a limited differential ... diagnosis (Table ... Kerley B lines on chest ... #RadiologyAssistant