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Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
Interstitial pneumonias ... nonproductive cough and ... PCP-infection as ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #PJP #RadiologyAssistant
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
Lobar pneumonia ... On the chest x-ray ... there is an ill-defined ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Nodular pattern
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary TB: random nodules
3. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... : ill defined centrilobular ... next to pleura and ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
idiopathic interstitial pneumonias ... interstitial pneumonia ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
specific interstitial pneumonitis ... Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia ... consolidation as ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
(OP) and chronic ... typically present as ... The old name is ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and bilateral peripheral consolidations as a result of
of organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Cryptogenic #Organizing #Pneumonia ... RheumatoidArthritis #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient who complained of arthritic pain.

There are multiple small bilateral peripheral consolidations.
The
specific as in ... also organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Cryptogenic #Organizing #Pneumonia ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
HRCT findings in UIP
Honeycombing consisting of multilayered thick-walled cysts.
Architectural distortion with traction bronchiectasis due to fibrosis.
Predominance
Predominance in basal and ... Mild mediastinal ... lymphadenopathy #Clinical #Radiology ... #Interstitial #Pneumonitis ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
larger ones are ill-defined ... excludes eosinophilic pneumonia ... of organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP #RadiologyAssistant