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Differential diagnosis of Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis. 
On the left multiple diseases showing septal thickening:
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular
Alveolar proteinosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Differential #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Reticular pattern 
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular septal thickening, usually focal or unilateral 50% adenopathy', known carcinoma.
2.
Alveolar proteinosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Pattern #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
Broncho-alveolar ... consolidation #Clinical ... #Radiology #HRCT ... #CTChest #HighAttenuation ... #RadiologyAssistant
Crazy Paving is a combination of ground glass opacity with superimposed septal thickening (5).
It was first
Bronchoalveolarca (BAC) - Pulmonary ... failure, ARDS, AIP ... ) #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CrazyPaving ... #RadiologyAssistant
Alveolar proteinosis is a rare disease characterized by filling of the alveolar spaces with PAS positive
Alveolar proteinosis ... the suggestive HRCT ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AlveolarProteinosis ... #CrazyPaving #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
low attenuation (table ... On a Chest X-Ray ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
differential diagnosis (Table ... alveolar proteinosis ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT ... #CTChest #Reticular
On the left a patient with both septal thickening and ground glass opacity in a patchy
proteinosis, but ... pulmonary hemorrhage ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #SeptalThickening ... #Proteinosis #RadiologyAssistant
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
centrilobular emphysema. - Alveolar ... proteinosis. ... show very similar HRCT ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
make an informed decision ... murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... Change in clinical ... days before Pulmonary ... X-ray: • Not