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Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
replacing the air ... Even fibrosis as ... can replace the air ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Monod Sign on Chest CT
 • Air surrounding a fungal ball in a preexisting pulmonary cavity
CT • Air surrounding ... cavity • DDx: ... Monod #Sign #CT #Lung ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
the result of air ... or interstitial lung ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #GGO #
Mosaic attenuation
The term 'mosaic attenuation' is used to describe density differences between affected and non-affected lung
Mosaic attenuation ... with air-trapping ... thromboembolic disease #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #MosaicAttenuation
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
can suggest the diagnosis ... in the proper clinical ... abutting the pleura, air-bronchograms ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #SepticEmboli #Cavity
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
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the surrounding lung ... usually contain air ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Cavity #Cyst #
Air Bronchogram Sign on Chest CT
 • Patent airways surrounded by opacified lung
 • DDx: pna,
Air Bronchogram ... surrounded by opacified lung ... .2016.12.033 #Air ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
positioned to drain air ... cavity? ... AIR LEAK • Air ... • Intermittent air ... ChestTube #Drains #Diagnosis
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
expiratory scan: the mosaic ... scan, indicating air ... mid and lower lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Chronic
Air Crescent Sign on Chest CT
 • Crescentic or circumferential rim of radiolucent airspace within a
Air Crescent Sign ... .2016.12.033 #Air ... Crescent #Sign #CT #Lung ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical