Acute unilateral airspace opacification
Dr Yuranga Weerakkody and Dr Frank Gaillard et al.
Acute unilateral airspace opacification is a subset of the differential diagnosis for airspace opacification. The exhaustive list of all possible causes would be huge, but a useful framework includes :
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pus, i.e. infection
- fluid
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blood
- pulmonary contusion
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pulmonary haemorrhage
- anticoagulation
- bleeding diathesis
- Goodpasture syndrome
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emboli
- pulmonary embolism (PE)
- fat embolism
- amniotic fluid embolism: usually bilateral
- cells
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