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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
On a CXR the most ... on a CXR. ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Interstitial ... #Pattern #Differential
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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throughout the lungs ... hematogenous spread of a ... #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical ... #CT
Algorithm for Diagnosis of Diffuse Cystic Lung Disease (DCLD)
Round, smooth cysts with normal lung parenchyma in
Algorithm for Diagnosis ... Disease (DCLD) ... LCDD, SS Cyst pattern ... #pulmonary #Algorithm ... #Diagnosis #differential
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
pattern of pulmonary ... Here a CXR with ... a reticular pattern ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Interstitial #
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... ALKI (activin A ... disease Interstitial ... and obstructive pattern ... Classification #Diagnosis #Differential
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
lung disease caused ... Calcification (seen in CT ... typical eggshell pattern ... #radiology #CXR ... XRay #labeled #pulmonary
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
parenchyma by a ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... seen • Chest CT ... #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #
When a rib fracture heals, the callus formation may create a mass-like appearance (blue arrow).
Sometimes a
Sometimes a CT is ... necessary to differentiate ... from a lung mass ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Old #RibFracture
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
like idiopathic pulmonary ... and non-specific interstitial ... consider drug-related lung ... disease in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology
Lung sliding & pneumonia on POCUS
The differential diagnosis for absence of lung sliding includes pneumonia; however,
on POCUS The differential ... that there is a ... interface—this pattern ... acquired from the anterior ... #ultrasound #pulmonary