kerley b lines ddx
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7/25/2019 Kerley B Lines DDx
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KERLEY B-LINESThickened, Edematous, Interlobular Septa (on !R"
Located alon# lun# peripher$, not alon# %ssure and in contact &ith pleura'suall$ lo&er one ) lun# base re#ion
*i+erential *ia#nosis atho#enesis
.Back of blood leading to pulmonary edema in theinterlobular septa
/t$pical neumoniaInterstitial pneumonitis leads to thick interlobularsepta with lymphocytes
Sarcoidosis Interstitial brosis leads to thickened septa
ancerInterstitial septa thickening via neoplastic cellsalong with edema
Interstitial ulmonar$.ibrosis
Interstitial brosis leads to thickened septa