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Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
including tumor cells ... Atelectasis - collapse ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR ... #Consolidation ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Left upper lobe atelectasis
What are the findings?
 - Minimal volume loss with elevation of the left
, which is the collapsed ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #LUL # ... Lobar #Collapse ... #APWindow #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
that present with consolidation ... - Cells - tumor ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Consolidation ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
causes of chronic consolidation ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... AirBronchogram #RUL ... Lobar #Pneumonia #RadiologyAssistant
On the PET-CT there is both a tumor in the left lung, aswell as in the
Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #PETCT #LUL #Lobar ... #Collapse #RadiologyAssistant
Right upper lobe atelectasis
Findings:
1) triangular density
2) elevated right hilus
3) obliteration of the retrosternal clear space (arrow)
Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #RUL #Lobar #Collapse ... #LungCancer #RadiologyAssistant
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #LLL #Lobar #Collapse ... #RadiologyAssistant
The CT-image is not very helpful in the differentiation.
There are hypodense areas, which could be masses.
On
could be areas of consolidation ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Lymphoma #Perihilar #LUL ... #Consolidation ... #RadiologyAssistant
Here we see a consolidation which is located in the left lower lobe.
There is a normal
Here we see a consolidation ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Pneumonia #LLL ... #RadiologyAssistant
A common finding in atelectasis of the right upper lobe is 'tenting' of the diafphragm (blue
Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #RUL #Lobar #Collapse ... #Tenting #RadiologyAssistant