bat wing opacities (lungs)
Bat wing or butterfly pulmonary opacities refer to a pattern of bilateral perihilar shadowing. It is classically described on a frontal chest radiograph but can also refer to appearances on chest CT .
Differential diagnosis
Bat wing pulmonary opacities can be caused by:
- pulmonary edema (especially cardiogenic)
- pneumonia
- inhalation injury
- noxious gas
- liquid
- pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
- pulmonary hemorrhage (e.g. Goodpasture syndrome)
- lymphoma/leukemia
- bronchoalveolar carcinoma
Siehe auch:
- Schmetterlingsödem
- Lungenödem
- Lungenblutung
- Alveolarproteinose
- In Situ Adenokarzinom der Lunge
- Aspirationspneumonie
- Goodpasture-Syndrom
- Lipidpneumonie
- Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonie
- nicht-kardiogenes Lungenödem
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