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Atoll Sign (Reverse-Halo Sign) on Chest CT
 • Central GGO surrounded by a crescentic or circumferential
circumferential denser consolidation ... • DDx: COP, IFI ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
X-ray limitations
It’s important to know the limitations of X-rays so we can correctly interpret them in
interpret them in clinical ... Point Of Care UltraSound ... (POCUS) to CT or ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... ChestXRay #KUB #CXR
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
chest film and can ... suggest the diagnosis ... which are probably consolidations ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
infarction In pulmonar ... The pulmonary embolus ... On the CT we can ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
or an area of consolidation ... without associated pulmonary ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... Cyst #Emphysema #Comparison
Lung infarction
The radiographic features of acute pulmonary thromboembolism are insensitive and nonspecific.
The most common radiographic findings
Embolism Diagnosis ... The peripheral consolidation ... the emboli and can ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #PulmonaryEmbolism
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
) - Diagnosis and ... radiograph or CT ... Blood cultures - Urine ... Yield of blood CX ... #treatment #Pulmonary
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
diagnosis but rather ... status and low urine ... importantly, bedside ultrasound ... with presence of pulmonary ... algorithm #management #cardiology
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
of prior silent pulmonary ... flucytosine for 14 days, consolidation ... of K+ & Mg in urine ... T2 #MRI #Brain #clinical ... #radiology