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Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
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pattern The algorithm ... are visible, the pattern ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... HRCT #CTChest #NodularPattern ... #Nodular #Pattern
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
with a nodular pattern ... CTChest #Nodular #Pattern ... #NodularPattern ... #Differential #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
there are four patterns ... low attenuation (table ... common pattern ... The cystic pattern ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Nodular pattern
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary TB: random nodules
3. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic
Nodular pattern ... perilymphatic distribution ... #Clinical #Radiology ... CTChest #Nodular #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table
Nodular pattern(2)
1. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic distribution, along fissures, adenopathy.
2. TB: Tree-in-bud appearance in a patient
Nodular pattern( ... perilymphatic distribution ... #Clinical #Radiology ... CTChest #Nodular #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table
The distribution of nodules shown on HRCT is the most important factor in making an accurate
in the nodular pattern ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Pulmonary #HRCT #NodularPattern ... #Nodular #Pattern ... Perilymphatic #Comparison
High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
High Attenuation pattern ... consolidation as ... #Clinical #Radiology ... HighAttenuation #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
Low Attenuation pattern ... multiple round and ... #Clinical #Radiology ... LowAttenuation #Cystic #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
High Attenuation pattern ... lobes presenting as ... consolidation #Clinical #Radiology ... HighAttenuation #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
pneumonitis are: Mosaic pattern ... in a mid zone distribution ... shows a mosaic pattern ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #