Crazy-Paving Pattern Eric J. Stern, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis (PAP) Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP) Acute Interstitial Pneumonia (AIP) Diffuse Alveolar Damage (DAD) Edema Less Common Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage…
Chronic Pulmonary Consolidation Dharshan Vummidi, MD Jeffrey P. Kanne, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Endobronchial Tumor Aspiration Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma Less Common Coccidioidomycosis Blastomycosis Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Lymphoma Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia Rare…
Focal Lung Opacity Jonathan H. Chung, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Pneumonia Aspiration Pulmonary Abscess Subsegmental Atelectasis Lung Cancer Metastatic Disease Less Common Pulmonary Hemorrhage Radiation Pneumonitis Progressive Massive Fibrosis Sarcoidosis…
Acute Pulmonary Consolidation Jonathan H. Chung, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Pneumonia Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema Atelectasis Aspiration Pulmonary Contusion Pulmonary Hemorrhage Less Common Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (Acute) Diffuse Alveolar Damage Pulmonary Infarct…
Miliary Pattern Jeffrey P. Kanne, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Mycobacterial Metastases Viral Pneumonia Disseminated Fungal Disease Less Common Sarcoidosis Silicosis/Coal Worker’s Pneumoconiosis Talcosis Alveolar Microlithiasis Lung Ossification Bronchioloalveolar Cell Carcinoma…
Pulmonary Calcification Jeffrey P. Kanne, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Mycobacterial Pneumonia Fungal, Histoplasmosis Less Common Hamartoma Silicosis/Coal Worker’s Pneumoconiosis Carcinoid Lung Metastases Rare but Important Amyloidosis Metastatic Pulmonary Calcification Lung…
Unilateral Pulmonary Consolidation Dharshan Vummidi, MD Jeffrey P. Kanne, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Community Acquired Pneumonia Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma Lung Contusion Endobronchial Tumor Less Common Coccidioidomycosis Blastomycosis Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Eosinophilic…
Cavitation Sudhakar Pipavath, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Tuberculosis (TB) Lung Cancer Wegener Granulomatosis Septic Emboli Pneumatocele Lung Abscess Less Common Cavitary Lung Metastasis Fungal Infections Angioinvasive Aspergillosis Blastomycosis Coccidioidomycosis Paracoccidioidomycosis…
Air-Crescent Sign Robert B. Carr, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Angioinvasive Aspergillosis Mycetoma Less Common Bronchogenic Carcinoma Rare but Important Echinococcosis ESSENTIAL INFORMATION Key Differential Diagnosis Issues Air-crescent sign: Air outlining…
