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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... low attenuation (table ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Interstitial ... #Pattern #Differential
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
has a limited differential ... diagnosis (Table ... pulmonary edema ... #HRCT #CTChest ... SeptalThickening #Differential
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Chronic Dyspnea - Differential ... Effusions • Pleural Thickening ... /Masses Chest Wall ... Interstitium ... • ILD • CHF
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
. - Thickening of ... resolution of the HRCT ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #GGO # ... #GroundGlass #Differential
Reticular pattern 
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular septal thickening, usually focal or unilateral 50% adenopathy', known carcinoma.
2.
Cardiogenic pulmonary ... incidental finding in HRCT ... peribronchovascular interstitium ... #CTChest #Reticular ... Pattern #Comparison #Table
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis. 
On the left multiple diseases showing septal thickening:
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular
Differential diagnosis ... bronchovascular interstitium ... #CTChest #LymphangiticCarcinomatosis ... Carcinomatosis #Mimic #Differential ... #Comparison #Table
Previous normal chest x-ray (left) and CHF stage II with perihilar haze (right). On the left
diameter of the pulmonary ... the accentuated interstitium ... Furthermore the fissura ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Engorgement #Thickening
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... Physical stigmata of cor ... peribronchial thickening ... Diagnosis: • HRCT ... #differential #