Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
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The most common cause ... Kerley B-lines and pleural ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural fluid
It takes about 200-300 ml of fluid before it comes visible on an CXR (figure).
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#Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Effusion #Hidden ... #Volume #Diagram ... #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... In these cases, ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is seen in:
1. Pulmonary edema
2. Lymphangitic spread of carcinoma - often unilateral
3. Tuberculosis
4. Lymphangiomyomatosis
Pleural effusion ... Pulmonary edema ... Asbestosis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #Pleural ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
Pleural effusion ... If pleural effusion ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural ... #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural opacities
The table lists the most common causes of pleural opacities #Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR #Pleural
the most common causes ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #Causes ... #RadiologyAssistant
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
disease and causes ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Features ... #Findings #Diagram ... #RadiologyAssistant
Stage II - Interstitial edema
Stage II of CHF is characterized by fluid leakage into the interlobular
Stage II of CHF ... perpendicular to the pleura ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #KerleyB ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
redistribution of pulmonary ... , interstitial edema ... and some pleural ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Exacerbation
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 β€’ Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
edema; ARDS, Metastatic ... complex β€’ Nodular/Masses ... Castleman's disease β€’ Pleural ... effusion; empyema ... diagnosis #chestCT #radiology