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Figure 3 HRCT-LUS correlation in normal lung, pulmonary congestion, rheumatoid lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Notes: (A)
, pulmonary congestion ... from a smooth pleura ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #HRCT #POCUS #Lung ... #Correlation #Table
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
infiltration damages tear ... effusion on CXR ... cause interstitial lung ... disease/pulmonary ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis
Horizontal reverberation artifacts - A-lines are visualized as hyperechoic, horizontal artifacts at regular intervals deep to
intervals deep to the pleural ... ribs (r) in the near ... field #Clinical #EM ... #Radiology #PCC ... #POCUS #Lung #ALines
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
consolidation is pulmonary ... Kerley B-lines and pleural ... infection, ARDS, near-drowning ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Pleural opacities
The table lists the most common causes of pleural opacities #Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR #Pleural
Pleural opacities ... The table lists ... opacities #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Pleural #
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
treatment for pulmonary ... of oil into the pleural ... Clinical #PCC #Radiology ... #CXR #Oleothorax ... #NEJM
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... low attenuation (table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
periphery of the lung ... base against the pleural ... may aid in the diagnosis ... of pulmonary embolism ... #photo #CXR #EmergencyMedicine
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
lucencies within the lung ... visible wall #CXR ... #Differential #Table ... #Pulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Radiology
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis infections/year ... organ system: • Pleura ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR