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Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
CT demonstrates ... On the CT cavitation ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CTChest #Septic ... SepticEmboli #Cavity #RadiologyAssistant
Estimated Medical Radiation Doses for 5 Year-Old Child

3-view ankle	0.0015 mSv	1/14th CXRs
2-view chest	0.02 mSv	1 CXRs
Anteroposterior and lateral
Doses for 5 Year-Old ... 2-view chest 0.02 ... Head CT 4 mSv ... 200 CXRs Chest ... CT 3 mSv 150 CXRs
On the left another patient with a large cardiac silhouette on the chest x-ray due to
silhouette on the chest ... on the coronal CT-reconstruction ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CTChest #Cardiomegaly ... PericardialEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest ... consolidation - Multifocal ill-defined ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Here another chest x-ray with interstitial edema and Kerley B lines in a patient with congestive
Here another chest ... The CT shows the ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CTChest #KerleyB ... Kerley #BLines #RadiologyAssistant
The CT-image is not very helpful in the differentiation.
There are hypodense areas, which could be masses.
On
The CT-image is ... are hypodense areas ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CTChest #Hodgkins ... Consolidation #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
Mosaic pattern with areas ... atenuation and areas ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CTChest #Hypersensitivity ... Chronic #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... Physical Exam 74 year-old ... shows a flail chest ... fractures missed by CXR ... , so use CT to identify
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
Here we see an old ... On the CT we can ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CTChest #LungInfarct ... PulmonaryEmbolism #RadiologyAssistant
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... Physical Exam 74 year-old ... shows a flail chest ... fractures missed by CXR ... , so use CT to identify