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Lungcancer
10% of lungcancers cavitate, most commonly squamous cell carcinoma.
Small cell lungcancer does not cavitate.
Bronchoalveolar carcinoma, or
carcinoma, or now called ... large cavitating lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LungCancer ... #Cavitary #RadiologyAssistant
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
appearance of lung ... nodules or a mass ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Mucus #Plugging #RadiologyAssistant
When a rib fracture heals, the callus formation may create a mass-like appearance (blue arrow).
Sometimes a
is necessary to differentiate ... mass. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Old #RibFracture ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... cysts have thick walls ... seen and in many cases ... #RadiologyAssistant
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
arise within a mass ... the surrounding lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... Radiology #CTChest #Cavity ... Emphysema #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
First study the CXR.
We know that in some cases there is an extra joint in the
First study the CXR ... may simulate a mass ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lung #Cancer ... Apical #FirstRib #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... dealing with the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP #RadiologyAssistant
Bronchial atresia
Bronchial atresia is a congenital abnormality resulting from interruption of a bronchus with associated peripheral
lungsegment is caused ... Notice the central mass ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #BronchialAtresia ... Bronchial #Atresia #RadiologyAssistant
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
of about three cases ... Hodgkin Lymphoma - Clinical ... Anterior mediastinal mass ... X-ray (Mediastinal mass ... Immunohistochemical studies (to differentiate
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
changes in the basal lung ... reticular densities caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Reticular #ILD #RadiologyAssistant