Fluid bronchogram sign
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The fluid bronchogram sign can be seen on chest CT or USultrasound in the presence of fluid attenuation material within respiratory bronchioles within surrounding collapsed or consolidated lung.
The presence of this sign suggests endobronchial obstruction as a precipitating cause for consolidation/collapse 1. This can result from a number of processes:
- foreign body aspiration (children)
- endobronchial tumours
- infection (including aspergillus)
- mucus plugging
-<p>The <strong>fluid bronchogram </strong>sign can be seen on chest CT or US in the presence of fluid attenuation material within respiratory bronchioles within surrounding collapsed or consolidated lung.</p><p>The presence of this sign suggests endobronchial obstruction as a precipitating cause for consolidation/collapse <sup>1</sup>. This can result from a number of processes:</p><ul>- +<p>The <strong>fluid bronchogram </strong>sign can be seen on chest CT or ultrasound in the presence of fluid attenuation material within respiratory bronchioles within surrounding collapsed or consolidated lung.</p><p>The presence of this sign suggests endobronchial obstruction as a precipitating cause for consolidation/collapse <sup>1</sup>. This can result from a number of processes:</p><ul>
-<a title="Paediatric foreign body aspiration" href="/articles/airway-foreign-bodies-in-children">foreign body aspiration</a> (children)</li>-<li>endobronchial tumours</li>- +<a href="/articles/airway-foreign-bodies-in-children">foreign body aspiration</a> (children)</li>
- +<li><a title="Endobronchial tumours" href="/articles/tracheal-and-endobronchial-lesions">endobronchial tumours</a></li>
-<li>mucus plugging</li>- +<li><a title="Mucus plugging" href="/articles/mucoid-impaction-lung">mucus plugging</a></li>
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