Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
49.9M 14.4K 7.6K
Board Certified Internal Medicine Hospitalist, GrepMed Editor in Chief πŸ‡΅πŸ‡­ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ - Sign up for an account to like, bookmark and upload images to contribute to our community platform. Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/grepmed/ | Twitter: https://twitter.com/grepmeded/
Contributor Ranks
Latest Searches
14 results
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
- Diffuse consolidation ... - Multifocal ill-defined ... Interstitial - Reticular ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
resulting in lobar, diffuse ... opacities. 2- Interstitial ... fine or coarse reticular ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
diagnosis The table ... lobar pneumonia caused ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
low attenuation (table ... On a CXR the most ... seen and in many cases ... UIP can be suspected ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
The CXR demonstrates a reticular interstitial pattern with a preference at the lung bases.
The HRCT demonstrates
a reticular interstitial ... preference at the lung bases ... #UIP #CTChest # ... Reticular #Interstitial ... TractionBronchiectasis #RadiologyAssistant
Multifocal
Multifocal consolidations are also described as multifocal ill-defined opacities or densities.
In most cases these are the
In most cases these ... to segmental, diffuse ... densities is interstitial ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
on the CXR. ... Here a CXR with ... #UIP #Reticular ... #Interstitial # ... #Honeycombing #RadiologyAssistant
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial ... characterized by diffuse ... or patchy consolidation ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
densities caused ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... UsualInterstitialPneumonitis #Usual #Interstitial ... #Pneumonitis #Reticular ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
x-ray there is an ill-defined ... Notice the air-bronchogram ... of chronic consolidation ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Lobar #Pneumonia #RadiologyAssistant