Diffuse Consolidation
October 21st, 2019
Overview
Look For
- Consolidation affecting multiple pulmonary lobes.
Example
- Diffuse consolidation in a patient with tuberculosis
![Diffuse consolidation in a patient with tuberculosis]()
Causes of Multifocal Consolidation
- Pulmonary oedema
- Infection - bronchopneumonia, fungal pneumonia, viral pneumonitis, tuberculosis
- Vascular - septic embolism
- Inflammation - systemic lupus erythematosus, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Goodpasture's syndrome, Henoch-Schonlein purpura
- Tumour - primary lung cancer, lymphoma, metastases
- Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
- Aspiration pneumonitis
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