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Recognizing
Interstitial Versus
Airspace Disease
Soft-tissue opacities
With hazy and indistinct margins
Tend to respect segmental or lobar
boundaries
May contain air bronchograms
Pulmonary edema
Cancer–1° or 2°
Sarcoidosis
Cystic fibrosis
Asbestosis
Hematogenously disseminated
Hematogenously disseminated
Bronchiectasis
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There is diffuse
airspace (alveolar)
disease which has
somewhat of a “bat-
wing” appearance.
The disease is fluffy,
confluent and is not
made up of discrete
lines or dots. This is
CHF.
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Correct
There is interstitial disease
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Correct
This is airspace disease
This is localized
airspace disease. It
is lobar and
segmental in
distribution, is
confluent, has
indistinct margins. It
is pneumonia of the
right lower and
upper lobes.
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Congratulations, You Graduate
I know an
airspace
disease
when I
see one