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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
- Multifocal ill-defined ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... lobar pneumonia caused ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
with multifocal consolidations ... masses. ... of chronic consolidation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... - Imaging: • CXR ... and GG pattern, ... BOOP #pulmonary #ILD
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
cyst has formed ... Here we see an old ... pulmonary embolus has caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Basic Interpretation
A structured approach to interpretation of HRCT involves the following questions:
What is the dominant HR-pattern:
reticular
nodular
high
the dominant HR-pattern ... (ground-glass, consolidation ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... Interpretation #Algorithm ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
film of a 19 year old ... was caused by multiple ... challenging differential diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
The histologic pattern ... diffuse or patchy consolidation ... suggestive of the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Lung infarction
The radiographic features of acute pulmonary thromboembolism are insensitive and nonspecific.
The most common radiographic findings
Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis ... In most cases of ... The peripheral consolidation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #PulmonaryEmbolism
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
a chest x-ray (CXR ... chest radiograph pattern ... not seen on a CXR ... Most commonly caused ... #Radiology #CTChest