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Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
non-perfused vessels and causes ... lower to the upper lobes ... with old fims can ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... the differential diagnosis ... lobar pneumonia caused ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
fibrotic lung disease caused ... bilaterally in the upper lobes ... Silicosis #clinical #radiology ... #CXR #Chest #XRay ... #labeled #pulmonary
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
the right lower lobe ... masses. ... organizing pneumonia (OP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... between these chest ... Organizing pneumonia (OP ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... of NSIP, UIP, OP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
On the left a smoker with RB-ILD with subtle HRCT-findings.
The dominant pattern is ground glass opacification.
Additional
emphysema in the upper lobes ... broad differential diagnosis ... immunocompromised patient PCP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #RBILD
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
film of a 19 year old ... this pattern was caused ... challenging differential diagnosis ... The upper lobe predominance ... #CXR #CTChest #
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
trauma are diagnosed ... x-ray (CXR), try ... not seen on a CXR ... Most commonly caused ... #Radiology #CTChest