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Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
fibrosis (CF) and allergic ... ABPA is a hypersensitivity ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Mucus #Plugging #RadiologyAssistant
Hilar enlargement
The table summarizes the causes of hilar enlargement.
Normal hili are:
- Normal in position - left
summarizes the causes ... vessels #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #HilarEnlargement ... #Enlargement #Differential ... Unilateral #Bilateral #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
Chronic hypersensitivity ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Hypersensitivity ... Chronic #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
On the left we see a chest film with a typical finger-in-glove shadow.
The HRCT shows focal
the appropriate clinical ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... ABPA #Allergic # ... FingerInGlove #Sign #RadiologyAssistant
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
most frequently caused ... The other cause ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Acute #Interstitial ... Pneumonia #PJP #RadiologyAssistant
The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
to a pneumonia caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... SilhouetteSign #RadiologyAssistant
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... appreciate on a cest ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
In the proper clinical ... lobar pneumonia caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #AirBronchogram ... Lobar #Pneumonia #RadiologyAssistant
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... from the various causes ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant