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Since these risk factors are numerous and have different effects on the malignancy risk, it is
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Solid pulmonary nodules can represent various etiologies:
- benign granulomas
- focal scar
- intrapulmonary lymph nodes
- primary malignancies
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On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
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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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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
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Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
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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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Fleischner Society recommendations for follow-up of nodules
Previous chest radiographs should be reviewed to determine if the
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Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
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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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