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
- Multifocal ill-defined ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
lobar pneumonia caused ... respond to the treatment ... present as multifocal ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Multiple masses
The differential diagnostic list of multiple masses is very long.
The most important diagnoses are listed
The differential diagnostic ... differentiate multifocal ... consolidations ... #Management #Radiology ... #Lung #Multiple
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 β€’ Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Diseases (ILD) ... ILD caused by inhalation ... disease (RB-ILD ... #Diseases #ILD ... #pulmonary #causes
ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 β€’ Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 β€’ Treatment Related:
ILD of Known Cause ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Pneumonitis β€’ Treatment ... #lung #disease ... #pulmonary
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia (MAT)
β€’ At least 3 different P wave morphologies: 
β€’ Rate 100-180
β€’ Irregular 
Etiology
Secondary to chronic lung ... disease (COPD) ... β€’ Hypoxia β€’ Pulmonary ... β€’ Oxygen β€’ Treatment ... #Diagnosis #ECG
COVID-19 Findings on Lung ultrasound
 - Thickened pleural line
 - B lines (multifocal, discrete, or confluent)
19 Findings on Lung ... line - B lines (multifocal ... and translobar consolidation ... patients with pulmonary ... ultrasound #POCUS #Diagnosis
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
with airspace disease ... you think of the causes ... UIP, NSIP and long ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... nodular interstitial lung ... disease, that is ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Multifocal
Multifocal consolidations are also described as multifocal ill-defined opacities or densities.
In most cases these are the
consolidations ... In most cases these ... is interstitial disease ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Consolidation