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The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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result in decreased lung ... - Emphysema - Lung ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... LowAttenuation #Differential ... Emphysema #SignetRing #RadiologyAssistant
Upper lung zone preference is seen in:
- Inhaled particles: pneumoconiosis (silica or coal)
- Smoking related diseases
Upper lung zone ... centrilobular emphysema - Respiratory ... HRCT #ChestCT #Differential ... #Upper #Lower #RadiologyAssistant
Flail Chest on Physical Exam
Flail chest after 3 or more ribs are broken in 2 areas
Flail Chest on Physical ... Exam Flail chest ... are broken in 2 areas ... PhysicalExam #Breathing #respiratory ... #clinical #video
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Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
or interstitial lung ... predominance: Respiratory ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #GroundGlass #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Pathogens in Pneumonia

Here is a quick review of the pathogens causing pneumonia (useful for enumerating differentials
for enumerating differentials ... dsease) - Anaerobes ... , smoking) RESPIRATORY ... MAC (structural lung ... Pathogens #Pneumonia #Differential
Tree-in-bud
In centrilobular nodules the recognition of 'tree-in-bud' is of value for narrowing the differential diagnosis.
Tree-in-bud describes
narrowing the differential ... identified in the lung ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... TreeInBud #Diagram #RadiologyAssistant
Whistling Cough- A 4-year-old boy presented to the otorhinolaryngology outpatient clinic with a 2-day history of
see source for video ... and lower left lung ... hyperinflation of the left lung ... lodged in the lung ... #xray #peds #respiratory
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
Respiratory bronchiolitis ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... NodularPattern #Differential ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
attenuation and areas ... mid and lower lung ... included in the differential ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... HypersensitivityPneumonitis #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
UIP, NSIP and long ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Consolidation #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant