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It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
differentiate between acute ... - Lung neoplasms ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Acute #Chronic ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
of these four patterns ... . 1- Consolidation ... that fills the alveoli ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
considered, like acute ... filling of the alveoli ... nodular interstitial lung ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
content of the alveoli ... to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
• Hemoptysis - rare ... - Imaging: • CXR ... opacities, Unilateral consolidation ... and GG pattern, ... • HRCT: patchy consolidation
Lung abnormalities mostly present as areas of increased density, which can be divided into the following
: Consolidation ... decreased density are ... Pathophys #Radiology #CXR ... #Lung #Patterns ... #RadiologyAssistant
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial ... idiopathic lung ... characterized by diffuse alveolar ... The histologic pattern ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
Lung infarction ... bleeding into the alveoli ... In this case a lung ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... PulmonaryEmbolism #RadiologyAssistant
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
position Obstructive lung ... dyspnoe due to acute ... with perihilar consolidations ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... AlveolarEdema #RadiologyAssistant
Here a typical lobar consolidation.
First study the images, then continue reading.
The findings are:
increased density with ill-defined
The findings are ... borders in the left lung ... pneumoniae, TB and lung ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Lobar #Pneumonia #RadiologyAssistant