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Subsolid nodules
Most subsolid nodules are transient and the result of infection or hemorrhage.
However, persistent subsolid nodules
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Solid pulmonary nodules can represent various etiologies:
- benign granulomas
- focal scar
- intrapulmonary lymph nodes
- primary malignancies
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Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
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Size
A solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) is defined as a single intraparenchymal lesion less than 3 cm
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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
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Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
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Risk factors
Defining high- or low-risk is currently more difficult than it was in the old guideline.
Previously
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Basic Interpretation
A structured approach to interpretation of HRCT involves the following questions:
What is the dominant HR-pattern:
reticular
nodular
high
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Fleischner Society recommendations for follow-up of nodules
Previous chest radiographs should be reviewed to determine if the
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Congestive heart failure
The findings are:
 - bilateral perihilar consolidation with air bronchograms and ill-defined borders
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