Acute unilateral airspace opacification (differential)
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Acute unilateral airspace opacification is a subset of the differential diagnosis for airspace opacification.
Differential diagnosis
The exhaustive list of all possible causes would be huge, but a useful framework includes:
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pus
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fluid
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blood
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anticoagulation
bleeding diathesis
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emboli
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cells
-<p><strong>Acute unilateral airspace opacification</strong> is a subset of the differential diagnosis for <a href="/articles/air-space-opacification-1">airspace opacification</a>. </p><h4>Differential diagnosis</h4><p>The exhaustive list of all possible causes would be huge, but a useful framework includes:</p><ul>- +<p><strong>Acute unilateral airspace opacification</strong> is a subset of the differential diagnosis for <a href="/articles/consolidation">airspace opacification</a>. </p><h4>Differential diagnosis</h4><p>The exhaustive list of all possible causes would be huge, but a useful framework includes:</p><ul>
-<strong>pus</strong>, i.e. <a href="/articles/pulmonary-infection">pulmonary infection</a><ul>-<li><a href="/articles/bacterial-pneumonia">bacterial pneumonia</a></li>-<li><a href="/articles/fungal-pneumonia">fungal pneumonia</a></li>-<li><a href="/articles/viral-pneumonia">viral pneumonia</a></li>-<li><a href="/articles/atypical-pneumonia">atypical pneumonia</a></li>-<li><a href="/articles/aspiration-pneumonia">aspiration pneumonia</a></li>- +<p><strong>pus</strong> (i.e. <a href="/articles/pulmonary-infection">pulmonary infection</a>)</p>
- +<ul>
- +<li><p><a href="/articles/bacterial-pneumonia">bacterial pneumonia</a></p></li>
- +<li><p><a href="/articles/fungal-pneumonia">fungal pneumonia</a></p></li>
- +<li><p><a href="/articles/viral-pneumonia">viral pneumonia</a></p></li>
- +<li><p><a href="/articles/atypical-pneumonia">atypical pneumonia</a></p></li>
- +<li><p><a href="/articles/aspiration-pneumonia">aspiration pneumonia</a></p></li>
-<strong>fluid</strong><ul><li><a href="/articles/unilateral-pulmonary-oedema">unilateral pulmonary oedema</a></li></ul>- +<p><strong>fluid</strong></p>
- +<ul><li><p><a href="/articles/unilateral-pulmonary-oedema">unilateral pulmonary oedema</a></p></li></ul>
-<strong>blood</strong><ul>-<li><a href="/articles/pulmonary-contusion">pulmonary contusion</a></li>-<li>-<a href="/articles/pulmonary-haemorrhage">pulmonary haemorrhage</a><ul>-<li>anticoagulation</li>-<li>bleeding diathesis</li>-<li><a href="/articles/goodpasture-syndrome">Goodpasture syndrome</a></li>- +<p><strong>blood</strong></p>
- +<ul>
- +<li><p><a href="/articles/pulmonary-contusion">pulmonary contusion</a></p></li>
- +<li>
- +<p><a href="/articles/pulmonary-haemorrhage">pulmonary haemorrhage</a></p>
- +<ul>
- +<li><p>anticoagulation</p></li>
- +<li><p>bleeding diathesis</p></li>
- +<li><p><a href="/articles/goodpasture-syndrome">Goodpasture syndrome</a></p></li>
-<strong>emboli</strong><ul>-<li><a href="/articles/pulmonary-embolism">pulmonary embolism (PE)</a></li>-<li><a title="Pulmonary fat embolism" href="/articles/pulmonary-fat-embolism">fat embolism</a></li>-<li>-<a href="/articles/amniotic-fluid-embolism">amniotic fluid embolism</a>: usually bilateral</li>- +<p><strong>emboli</strong></p>
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- +<li><p><a href="/articles/pulmonary-embolism">pulmonary embolism (PE)</a></p></li>
- +<li><p><a href="/articles/pulmonary-fat-embolism" title="Pulmonary fat embolism">fat embolism</a></p></li>
- +<li><p><a href="/articles/amniotic-fluid-embolism">amniotic fluid embolism</a>: usually bilateral</p></li>
-<strong>cells</strong><ul><li><a href="/articles/adenocarcinoma-in-situ-minimally-invasive-adenocarcinoma-and-invasive-adenocarcinoma-of-lung-1">bronchoalveolar carcinoma</a></li></ul>- +<p><strong>cells</strong></p>
- +<ul><li><p><a href="/articles/adenocarcinoma-in-situ-minimally-invasive-adenocarcinoma-and-invasive-adenocarcinoma-of-lung-1">adenocarcinoma</a></p></li></ul>
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