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CXR

Acute phase

• pulmonary oedema
• normal vascular pedicle
• no cardiomegaly or upper lobe blood diversion
• when pulmonary vessels can be distinguished they are often constricted
• septal lines usually absent because capillary leak occurs directly into alveolar spaces (cf cardiogenic pulmonary oedema)

Subacute phase

• progressive lung destruction and transition from alveolar to interstitial opacities

Chronic phase

• fibrosis
• focal emphysema

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