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Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
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Radiographic Features ... Pulmonary #Diseases #Radiology ... #Patterns #Lung ... #CXR #XRay #ChestCT ... #Differential #
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
, like cyst, cavity ... describe a chest X-ray ... visible wall #CXR ... #Lucency #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Lungcancer
10% of lungcancers cavitate, most commonly squamous cell carcinoma.
Small cell lungcancer does not cavitate.
Bronchoalveolar carcinoma, or
Here a chest x-ray ... large cavitating lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LungCancer ... #Cancer #Cavity
Lung infarction
The radiographic features of acute pulmonary thromboembolism are insensitive and nonspecific.
The most common radiographic findings
Lung infarction ... The radiographic features ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #PulmonaryEmbolism ... #Lung #Infarction
When a rib fracture heals, the callus formation may create a mass-like appearance (blue arrow).
Sometimes a
When a rib fracture ... is necessary to differentiate ... from a lung mass ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Old #RibFracture
Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
the consolidated lung ... coughed up, a cavity ... granulomatous infection ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
- Infection ( ... patients with a long ... anterior horn gray ... Vertebral burst fracture ... syndromes #lesions #differential
Subchondral Insufficiency Fracture
Imaging Findings:
 • Circle demarcating the region of edema within the medial femoral condyle.
Osteonecrosis of the Knee ... Differential diagnosis ... beyond medullary cavity ... #clinical #mri ... #clinical #Radiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Skin exam for infection ... neuroexam - Oral cavity ... Change in clinical ... risk Chest X-ray ... unless prior heart/lung
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
History of EBV infection ... Hodgkin Lymphoma - Clinical ... immunophenotypic features ... Copper • Chest X-ray ... Immunohistochemical studies (to differentiate