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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
Consolidation - ... Lobar consolidation ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
In the proper clinical ... long standing symptoms ... causes of chronic consolidation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pneumonia #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
- Lobar or focal ... respond to the treatment ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Lobar #Diffuse ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
chronic illness, clinical ... Lobar pneumonia ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Lobar #Consolidation ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
shows a silhouette sign ... This was a consolidation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... SilhouetteSign #RadiologyAssistant
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
feeding vessel sign ... feeding vessel sign ... which are probably consolidations ... #Clinical #Radiology ... SepticEmboli #Cavity #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a case of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia.
It was a patient with low-grade fever, progressive
non-segmental consolidations ... respond promptly to treatment ... #Clinical #Radiology ... EosinophilicPneumonia #RadiologyAssistant
Hemorrhage
In this case there was a solitary nodule in the right upper lobe and a biopsy
The lobar consolidation ... Goodpasture's, Wegener's #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... Pulmonary #Hemorrhage #RadiologyAssistant
On the left two cases with chronic consolidation. 
There are patchy non-segmental consolidations in a subpleural
cases with chronic consolidation ... will be other signs ... look like this #Clinical ... #Radiology #CTChest ... OrganizingPneumonia #RadiologyAssistant
Diffuse consolidation in bronchopneumonia
Here another case of diffuse consolidation.
This patient had fever and cough.
This was thought
Diffuse consolidation ... case of diffuse consolidation ... Unlike lobar pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Legionella #Diffuse #RadiologyAssistant