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Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
cystic fibrosis (CF ... with asthma or CF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Mucus #Plugging #RadiologyAssistant
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
In daily clinical ... during a period of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that even within each lobe there is a gravity dependent difference in density.
This is only
consolidations are ... transudate like in CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF # ... Gravity #Dependent #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with ground glass pattern in a mosaic distribution.
Some lobules are involved
Some lobules are ... involved and others are ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #GGO # ... HypersenstitivityPneumonitis #RadiologyAssistant
On the left another patient with ground glass pattern in a mosaic distribution.
Again the ground glass
intravascular septa are ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #GGO # ... Thromboembolism #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity is nonspecific, but highly significant finding since 60-80% of patients with ground-glass opacity on
those cases there are ... two cases with GGO ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #GroundGlass ... #GGO #RadiologyAssistant
Pericardial fatpad
Pericardial fat depositions are common.
Sometimes a large fat pad can be seen (figure).
Necrosis of the
fat depositions are ... that manifests as acute ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... PericardialFat #FatPad #RadiologyAssistant
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial ... indistinguishable from acute ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP # ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
There are three principal varieties of pulmonary edema: cardiac, overhydration and increased capillary permeability (ARDS). 
The
There are three ... permeability or acute ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Vascular ... VascularPedicleWidth #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with GGO as dominant pattern.
In addition there is traction bronchiectasis indicating
a patient with GGO ... This case is one ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #NSIP ... #RadiologyAssistant