Fleischner Society Definitions

Each week Friday, we will post definitions of terminologies and descriptors commonly used in chest radiology. These have been taken from the Fleischner Society Nomenclature, published in Fraser and Pare's Diagnosis of Diseases of the Chest.

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1. Cavity

2. Abscess

3. Air Crescent

4. Bulla

5. Pneumatocele

6. Bleb

7. Honeycombing

8. Bronchiectasis

9. Emphysema

10. Inflation

11. Air trapping

12. Oligemia