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The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
anteriorly in the left lung ... This was a consolidation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... #Lingula #SilhouetteSign
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
- Lobar or focal ... For instance a lobar ... The old name is BOOP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Lobar #Diffuse
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
Lobar pneumonia ... most likely a lobar ... weight loss or long ... causes of chronic consolidation ... #Clinical #Radiology
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
Neoplasm with lobar ... post-obstructive pneumonia ... - Lung neoplasms ... like organizing pneumonia ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
Lobar pneumonia ... Organizing pneumonia ... nodular interstitial lung ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
• formerly BOOP ... opacities, Unilateral consolidation ... • HRCT: patchy consolidation ... COP DDX: • CAP ... #COP #BOOP #pulmonary
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... with multifocal consolidations ... also known as BOOP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP
A lobar consolidation located cephalad to the diaphragm. The branching, hyperechoic air bronchograms define this consolidation.
A lobar consolidation ... bronchograms define this consolidation ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung ... #Sagittal #Pneumonia
Here a typical lobar consolidation.
First study the images, then continue reading.
The findings are:
increased density with ill-defined
Here a typical lobar ... borders in the left lung ... air-bronchogram Lobar ... , TB and lung cancer ... #Clinical #Radiology