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Pleural opacities
The table lists the most common causes of pleural opacities #Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR #Pleural
Pleural opacities ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Pleural #Opacity ... #Plaques #Differential ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... Kerley B-lines and pleural ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR ... Consolidation #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
The distribution of nodules shown on HRCT is the most important factor in making an accurate
In most cases small ... in relation to pleural ... to involve the pleural ... Perilymphatic #Comparison ... #Diagram #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... In these cases, ... way to detect pleural ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... On a CXR the most ... seen and in many cases ... Interstitial #Pattern #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural plaques
The CXR shows multiple opacities.
They have irregular shapes and do not look like a lung
Pleural plaques ... The CXR shows multiple ... look like a lung masses ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Asbestos #RadiologyAssistant
Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
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A solitary pulmonary nodule or
atelectasis or pleural ... The differential ... and are called masses ... SolitaryPulmonaryNodule #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
supplying the lung bases ... apex and the lung bases ... In these cases comparison ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
multiple ill-defined masses ... dealing with the differential ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
edema and some pleural ... that helpful, but comparison ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Exacerbation #Comparison ... #RadiologyAssistant