Lobar Consolidation
October 21st, 2019
Overview
Look For
- Consolidation of a single pulmonary lobe, without crossing any pleural lines.
Causes of Lobar consolidation
- Lobar pneumonia
- Neoplasm - lung cancer, lymphoma
- Vascular - pulmonary haemorrhage, pulmonary infarction
- Cryptogenic organising pneumonia
- Eosinophilic pneumonia
- Sarcoidosis
Example
- Right middle lobe consolidation in a patient with lobar pneumonia - PA film
![Right middle lobe consolidation in a patient with lobar pneumonia - PA film]()
- Right middle lobe consolidation in a patient with lobar pneumonia - lateral film
![Right middle lobe consolidation in a patient with lobar pneumonia - lateral film]()
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