Reverse bat wing pulmonary opacities
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Reverse bat wing pulmonary opacities refer to peripheral opacities of the lungs, sparing the perihilar region. It is a relatively unusual appearance with a relatively narrow differential.
- chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
- cryptogenic organising pneumonia, formerly bronchiolitis obliterans with organising pneumonia (BOOP)
- bronchoalveolar carcinoma
- pulmonary contusion: in the setting of of trauma
-
pulmonary
infarctionhaemorrhage with or without infarction: in the setting of PE. - pulmonary vasculitis
- aspiration
-<li><a href="/articles/pulmonary-infarction">pulmonary infarction</a></li>- +<li>
- +<a href="/articles/pulmonary-infarction">pulmonary haemorrhage with or without infarction</a>: in the setting of PE.</li>