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Differential diagnosis of Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis. 
On the left multiple diseases showing septal thickening:
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular
Differential diagnosis ... gravitational distribution ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Carcinomatosis #Mimic #Differential ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
Centrilobular distribution ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #GroundGlass #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
very important to differentiate ... will limit the differential ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
Batwing
A bilateral perihilar distribution of consolidation is also called a Batwing distribution.
The sparing of the periphery
bilateral perihilar distribution ... most typical of pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Batwing # ... Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Tree-in-bud
In centrilobular nodules the recognition of 'tree-in-bud' is of value for narrowing the differential diagnosis.
Tree-in-bud describes
tree-in-bud' is of value ... narrowing the differential ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #TreeInBud #Diagram ... #RadiologyAssistant
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... heart failure like redistribution ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left another patient with alveolar edema at admission, which resolved after treatment.
When you scroll
pedicle width and distribution ... of pulmonary flow ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... AlveolarEdema #RadiologyAssistant
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
The distribution ... of the pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... AlveolarEdema #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
content of the alveoli ... the pattern of distribution ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
When a rib fracture heals, the callus formation may create a mass-like appearance (blue arrow).
Sometimes a
is necessary to differentiate ... and the enlarged pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Old #RibFracture ... #RadiologyAssistant