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Prominent wedge-shape area of airspace consolidation in the right lung, characteristic of bacterial pneumonia #Clinical #Radiology
Prominent wedge-shape ... area of airspace consolidation ... characteristic of bacterial pneumonia ... Clinical #Radiology #Pneumonia ... #Wedge
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
that present with consolidation ... way to think of consolidation ... are organizing pneumonia ... as multifocal consolidations ... Pulmonary #CXR #Consolidation
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
between acute consolidation ... and chronic consolidation ... post-obstructive pneumonia ... like organizing pneumonia ... chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
This was a consolidation ... due to a pneumonia ... Sterptococcus pneumoniae ... Radiology #CXR #Pneumonia
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
tuberculosis, Bacterial pneumonia ... , Cryptococcal pneumonia ... Aspergillus Pneumonia ... dyspnea • Lobar consolidation ... - 20% of pneumonias
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia ... Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia ... of organizing pneumonia ... opacities, Unilateral consolidation ... • HRCT: patchy consolidation
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
the cause of the consolidation ... of x-rays with consolidation ... Lobar pneumonia ... Organizing pneumonia ... multiple chronic consolidations
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
Consolidation - ... Lobar consolidation ... - Diffuse consolidation ... Multifocal ill-defined consolidations ... Radiology #CXR #Consolidation
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
Lobar pneumonia ... lobar or segmental pneumonia ... causes of chronic consolidation ... an acute lobar pneumonia ... by Streptcoccus pneumoniae
Characteristics of Selected Pneumonias

Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus). Gram-positive diplococci. 
Haemophilus influenzae. Pleomorphic gram-negative coccobacilli. 
Staphylococcus aureus. Plump
Characteristics of Selected Pneumonias ... Streptococcus pneumoniae ... Klebsiella pneumoniae ... Mycoplasma pneumoniae ... #Pneumonia #Patterns