chest radiograph

Tips:

Are There Many Lung Lesion Can I ?

Consolidation: 水、血、膿

SILHOUETTE SIGN

  • heart, aorta, or diaphragm
  • bronchopneumonia: Multifocal consolidation
  • DIFFUSE CONSOLIDATION: crazy paving
    • pulmonary edema
    • ARDS
    • pulmonary hemorrhage
    • Pneumocystis
  • Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia
    • predominant peribronchial and peripheral distribution

FOCAL AND MULTIFOCAL CONSOLIDATION

EXTENSIVE CONFLUENT AND DIFFUSE CONSOLIDATION

ACUTE CAUSES OF PARENCHYMAL CONSOLIDATION

CHRONIC CAUSES OF PARENCHYMAL CONSOLIDATION


Atelectasis

Obstructive atelectasis

Distal to obstruction of a bronchus

Passive atelectasis

Retraction of lung in the presence of pneumothorax

Compressive atelectasis

Compression by a space-occupying process, such as a pleural effusion, pulmonary mass, or bulla

Adhesive atelectasis

Caused by deficiency of surfactant (e.g., radiation pneumonitis)

Cicatrization atelectasis

Caused by contraction of fibrous tissue as it matures; can be focal (e.g., tuberculosis) or diffuse (e.g., idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis)

Patterns of Atelectasis

S sign of Golden juxtaphrenic peak Luftsichel sign thymic sail sign

Nodules and Masses

CONGENITAL

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation

INFECTIOUS

  • Septic embolism
  • Lung abscesses
  • Invasive aspergillosis
  • Candidiasis

NEOPLASTIC

  • Pulmonary metastases
  • Multicentric adenocarcinoma
  • Lymphoma
  • Kaposi sarcoma

VASCULITIC

  • Granulomatosis with polyangiitis
  • Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangitis
  • Rheumatoid nodules

TRAUMATIC

  • Hematomas

Interstitial Patterns

  • Septal Pattern
    • Kerley’s A, B, and C Lines
  • Reticular Pattern
    • pulmonary fibrosis.
  • Cystic Pattern
    • Langerhans cell histiocytosis
    • Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
  • Nodular Pattern
    • sarcoidosis
    • Tree-in-Bud Pattern
  • Ground-Glass Pattern
    • Pneumocystis pneumonia
    • ARDS
  • Limitations of the Pattern Approach

Decreased Lung Density

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