Chronic bilateral airspace opacification (differential)

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Chronic bilateral airspace opacification is a subset of the differential diagnosis for airspace opacification. An An exhaustive list of all possible causes of chronic bilateral airspace opacities is long, but a useful framework is as follows:

  • -<p><strong>Chronic bilateral airspace opacification</strong> is a subset of the differential diagnosis for <a href="/articles/air-space-opacification-1">airspace opacification</a>. An exhaustive list of all possible causes of chronic bilateral airspace opacities is long, but a useful framework is as follows:</p><ul><li>
  • +<p><strong>Chronic bilateral airspace opacification</strong> is a subset of the differential diagnosis for <a href="/articles/consolidation">airspace opacification</a>.&nbsp;An exhaustive list of all possible causes of chronic bilateral airspace opacities is long, but a useful framework is as follows:</p><ul><li>
  • +<li><p><a href="/articles/eosinophilic-granulomatosis-with-polyangiitis">eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis</a></p></li>
  • -<li><p><a href="/articles/cryptogenic-organising-pneumonia-1">cryptogenic organising pneumonia</a></p></li>
  • +<li><p><a href="/articles/organising-pneumonia" title="Organising pneumonia">organising pneumonia</a></p></li>
  • -<li><p><a href="/articles/eosinophilic-granulomatosis-with-polyangiitis">Churg-Strauss syndrome</a></p></li>
  • -<li><p><a href="/articles/fungal-lung-infection">fungal lung infection</a>: especially in immunocompromised patients</p></li>
  • +<li><p><a href="/articles/fungal-lung-infection">fungal infection</a>:&nbsp;especially in immunocompromised patients</p></li>
  • -<li><p><a href="/articles/lymphoma">lymphoma</a> </p></li>
  • +<li><p><a href="/articles/lymphoma">lymphoma</a>&nbsp;</p></li>
  • -<li><p><a href="/articles/bronchoalveolar-carcinoma-bac">bronchoalveolar carcinoma (BAC)</a></p></li>
  • -<li><p>post obstructive</p></li>
  • +<li><p><a href="/articles/bronchoalveolar-carcinoma-bac">adenocarcinoma</a></p></li>
  • +<li><p>post-obstructive</p></li>

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