Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest ... consolidation - Diffuse ... - Multiple Masses ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
nodules. ... abutting the pleura, air-bronchograms ... nodules and a feeding ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... SepticEmboli #Cavity #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
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
pneumonia On the chest ... x-ray there is an ill-defined ... Notice the air-bronchogram ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Lobar #Pneumonia #RadiologyAssistant
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
resulting in lobar, diffuse ... or multifocal ill-defined ... the amount of air ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
patterns: reticular, nodular ... low attenuation (table ... seen and in many cases ... UIP can be suspected ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... listed in the table ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
reticular densities caused ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CTChest #UIP # ... Pneumonitis #Reticular #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
characterized by diffuse ... outcome in many cases ... characteristics are diffuse ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in the subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
ill-defined centrilobular nodules of ground-glass opacity
centrilobular nodules ... opacity (80% of cases ... bronchiolitis with air ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... Centrilobular #RadiologyAssistant