Diffuse Consolidation | Chest Radiology Essentials
Channel: Radiology Frameworks
Date: 2023-03-01

The differential diagnosis of symmetric diffuse lung consolidation is heavily weighted towards two diagnoses. Understand how this can improve your diagnostic accuracy, and learn when to look for other causes.

Some of the case images in this talk appear courtesy of Ahmed El-Sherief, MD.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
2:12 - Principles for Approaching Diffuse Consolidation
3:26 - MOST LIKELY DIAGNOSES
4:42 - Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema
4:58 - ARDS/Diffuse Alveolar Damage
6:29 - DIFFUSE INFECTION
7:30 - Pneumocystis
8:08 - HSV Pneumonia
8:51 - Influenza
9:37 - Adenovirus
9:49 - Coronavirus
10:26 - DIFFUSE ALVEOLAR HEMORRHAGE
11:30 - Systemic Hemorrhagic Disorders
12:39 - PULMONARY EDEMA OF OTHER CAUSES
16:03 - Diffuse vs. Extensive Non-Diffuse Consolidation?