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Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
Mosaic pattern with areas ... areas of low attenuation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Chronic #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
acute shortness of breath ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Lobar #Consolidation ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
small pleural effusions ... carcinoma, the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP # ... Pneumonia #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
On the left two different patients with similarl HRCT findings.
The left one is a smoker with
the right has hypersensitivity ... pneumonits. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #RBILD ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
left suggest the diagnosis ... the differential diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Chronic ... #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis of TB.
Primary TB: Acute bacterial pneumonia
Secondary TB: Sarcoidosis, Silicosis, Pneumoconiosis
Endobronchial spread of TB: Bronchopneumonia,
Bronchopneumonia, Hypersensitivity ... pneumonitis Miliary ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #MiliaryTB #Comparison
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
of Hypersensitivity ... Pneumonitis. ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #UIP #Comparison
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis ... and extensive areas ... suggestive of the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP #
On the left a smoker with RB-ILD with subtle HRCT-findings.
The dominant pattern is ground glass opacification.
Additional
broad differential diagnosis ... would first think hypersensitivity ... pneumonitis, but ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #RBILD