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Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
Ground-glass opacity (GGO ... spaces with pus, edema ... the result of air ... or interstitial lung ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
replacing the air ... Is it pus, edema ... UIP, NSIP and long ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
On the left a patient with ground glass pattern in a mosaic distribution.
The clue here is
glass pattern in a mosaic ... enlargement of pulmonary ... hyperperfused lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #GGO #
Mosaic attenuation
The term 'mosaic attenuation' is used to describe density differences between affected and non-affected lung
Mosaic attenuation ... The term 'mosaic ... with air-trapping ... disease #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Air Bronchogram Sign on Chest CT
 • Patent airways surrounded by opacified lung
 • DDx: pna,
Air Bronchogram ... DDx: pna, pulm edema ... .2016.12.033 #Air ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
caused by a rigid chest ... edema in acute ... edema • Metabolic ... -W237. 10.2214/AJR ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
It can be difficult to distinguish these three entities.
There are two diagnostic hints for further differentiation:
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expiratory scans for air ... right with the pulmonary ... bronchiolitis with air ... #CTChest #MosaicAttenuation ... #Mosaic #Attenuation
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
EMHighAK) and Brit Long ... assaulted three days ago ... SpO2 88% on room air ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary