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Pulmonary edema CT

Introduction

Overview

Overview

Thoracic CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of pulmonary edema. Findings on CT scan diagnostic of hydrostatic pulmonary edema include cardiomegaly, vascular engorgment, pleural effusions.

CT

CT

Thoracic CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of pulmonary edema. Findings on CT scan diagnostic of hydrostatic pulmonary edema include:

Findings on CT scan diagnostic of interstitial pulmonary edema include:

  • Bronchial wall thickening
  • Smooth interlobular septal thickening
  • Ground-glass opacity (often with hazy, poorly defined centrilobular nodules)
Pulmonary edema – Case courtesy of Dr Usman Bashir, via href=”https://radiopaedia.org[1]
Pulmonary edema – Case courtesy of href=”https://radiopaedia.org[2]
Pulmonary edema – Case courtesy of href=”https://radiopaedia.org[3]
References

References

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  1. ↑ Radiopaedia.org. From the case <“https://radiopaedia.org/cases/18342“>rID: 18342
  2. ↑ Radiopaedia.org. From the case <“https://radiopaedia.org/cases/11838“>rID: 11838
  3. ↑ Radiopaedia.org. From the case <“https://radiopaedia.org/cases/11838“>rID: 11838

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