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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest x-ray ... Lobar consolidation ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... Pulmonary hemorrhage ... nodular interstitial lung ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Lobar #Consolidation
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
On the chest x-ray ... weight loss or long ... of chronic consolidation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #AirBronchogram
Hemorrhage
In this case there was a solitary nodule in the right upper lobe and a biopsy
The lobar consolidation ... contusion - Pulmonary ... Goodpasture's, Wegener's #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Pulmonary #Hemorrhage
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... - Blood - hemorrhage ... pneumonia caused ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Lung infarction
The radiographic features of acute pulmonary thromboembolism are insensitive and nonspecific.
The most common radiographic findings
In most cases of ... The peripheral consolidation ... attributed to hemorrhage ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #PulmonaryEmbolism
Pulmonary sequestration
This is an uncommon cause of lobar consolidation.
It is a congenital abnormality.
A nonfunctioning part of
is an uncommon cause ... of lobar consolidation ... nonfunctioning part of the lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CtChest #
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
not seen on a CXR ... Pulmonary Contusion ... Most commonly caused ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary