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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
consolidation - Multifocal ... ill-defined consolidations ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
density within the lung ... lobar, diffuse or multifocal ... ill-defined opacities ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... larger ones are ill-defined ... are dealing with multifocal ... possibility of multiple ill-defined ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Congestive heart failure
The findings are:
 - bilateral perihilar consolidation with air bronchograms and ill-defined borders
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bronchograms and ill-defined ... vascular pedicle All ... are dealing with pulmonary ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CHF #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
usually multiple ill-defined ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Consolidation ... Lobar #Diffuse #Multifocal ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Wegener's granulomatosis
Wegener's is a collagen vascular disease with vasculitis involving the lung, kidney and sinuses.
In the
first present as ill-defined ... There are ill-defined ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Granulomatosis #Multifocal ... #Nodules #RadiologyAssistant
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
be present at all ... chronic obstructive lung ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CHF ... #CXR #Stages #Findings ... #Signs #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the CXR that you just saw, you could have made the diagnosis of congestive
Based on the CXR ... The pulmonary vessels ... All these findings ... #CHF #InterstitialEdema ... Interstitial #Edema #RadiologyAssistant