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Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
Filling of the alveolar ... bronchiolitis, PCP ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #GGO # ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
distal bronchioles, alveolar ... - Imaging: • CXR ... eosinophilia pneumonia, Pulmonary ... #BOOP #pulmonary ... ILD #diagnosis #management
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
organizing pneumonia (OP ... filling of the alveoli ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Consolidation ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary ... Bronchospasm, Pulmonary ... Pneumothorax, Alveolar ... Troponin), ABG, STAT CXR ... , CTA Chest, Echocardiogram
Crazy Paving is a combination of ground glass opacity with superimposed septal thickening (5).
It was first
be specific for alveolar ... ) - Infection (PCP ... Bronchoalveolarca (BAC) - Pulmonary ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... AlveolarProteinosis #RadiologyAssistant
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Definition: Diffuse alveolar ... • Labs: CBC, cr ... , C3, C4, anti-CCP ... • CXR (diffuse ... high resolution chest
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
between these chest ... Organizing pneumonia (OP ... filling of the alveoli ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR ... Consolidation #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
content of the alveoli ... OP is organizing ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Consolidation ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
nose deformity • Cardiac ... (UPC) ratio • Cardiac ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... leading to diffuse alveolar ... differential #diagnosis #management
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
infarction In pulmonar ... bleeding into the alveoli ... The pulmonary embolus ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... PulmonaryEmbolism #RadiologyAssistant