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
- Diffuse consolidation ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Masses Atelectasis ... #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 β€’ Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... and Consolidation ... Innumerable, bilateral, diffusely ... #chest #xray #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... lobar pneumonia caused ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Consolidation
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... chronic illness, clinical ... Pulmonary hemorrhage ... in fact this is nodular ... #Radiology #CXR
Sarcoidosis
On a CXR sarcoidosis usually first presents with hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy (example).
Parenchymal disease can present
Sarcoidosis On a CXR ... can present as consolidation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #NodularInterstitial ... #Pattern #Sarcoidosis
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 β€’ Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
 β€’
Miliary Pattern ... small (1 -4 mm) nodules ... β€’ Diffusely distributed ... differential #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
nodules, asthma ... Goodpasture's cause ... leading to diffuse ... ground glass or consolidative ... β€’ IF staining patterns
Hemorrhage
In this case there was a solitary nodule in the right upper lobe and a biopsy
was a solitary nodule ... The lobar consolidation ... anticoagulantion therapy, diffuse ... Goodpasture's, Wegener's #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR
COVID-19 Lung POCUS 

This is a POCUS of a patient with COVID-19.
No prior pulmonary disease; had
No prior pulmonary ... CXR: diffuse interstitial ... with subpleural nodular ... consolidation and ... POCUS #Subpleural #Clinical
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Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
fibrotic lung disease caused ... coalescence of the nodules ... typical eggshell pattern ... #radiology #CXR ... XRay #labeled #pulmonary