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Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
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Diseases - Pneumonia ... - Nodular - Acute ... #Diseases #Radiology ... Patterns #Lung #CXR ... #XRay #ChestCT
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
lung disease comes ... patterns: reticular, nodular ... low attenuation (table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
combinations of fibrosis ... listed in the table ... morphologic findings on HRCT ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Progressive Massive Fibrosis on Chest X-Ray
In a construction worker presenting with shortness of breath.
Progressive Massive Fibrosis
on Chest X-Ray ... is a chronic interstitial ... coalescence of the nodules ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... silicosis #clinical #radiology
Highlighted Conditions With Arteritis or Periarteritis of the Coronaries
Takayasu's arteritis:
 - Onset < 40 yrs
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sinusitis - pulmonary ... nodules - Hemoptysis ... pancreatitis Erdheim-Chester ... - Perirenal fibrosis ... #Table
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
lung disease caused ... coalescence of the nodules ... Silicosis #clinical #radiology ... #CXR #Chest #XRay ... #labeled #pulmonary
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
by fluid, fibrous ... lung disease, it ... Nodular or irregular ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
histologic pattern of pulmonary ... fibrosis. ... On a chest X-ray ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Interstitial #
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
-> Rheumatoid Nodules ... pleural effusion on CXR ... tends to cause interstitial ... lung disease/pulmonary ... fibrosis (mechanism
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
between these chest ... in fact this is nodular ... interstitial lung ... disease, that is ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation