Medical Imaging      Approach to Chest X-Rays
 

Pulmonary Edema - Peribronchial Cuffing

   
Pulmonary Edema: Pulmonary edema is a redistribution of vascular fluid into the interstitium first, and then possibly the alveoli. The causes can be cardiogenic, renal failure, or due to respiratory conditions like ARDS.
Peribronchial Cuffing: Normal bronchi do not have the circumferential thickening depicted in the image below.

  
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