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Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
non-pulmonary findings ... lung disease, that ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... lung disease and ... in many cases UIP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... and interstitial ... and LIP have been ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... diagnosis of chronic ... The lab-findings ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial ... rare idiopathic lung ... suggestive of the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP #
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
centrilobular nodules, or consolidation ... hypertension • Mosaic ... CT) • Broncho-arterial ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
lower lung zones ... on the imaging findigs ... other diseases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Chronic
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
The radiographic findings ... like idiopathic pulmonary ... or fibrosis in chronic ... differential. ... #Clinical #Radiology
It can be difficult to distinguish these three entities.
There are two diagnostic hints for further differentiation:
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There are two diagnostic ... bronchiolitis or chronic ... and 'white' lung ... disease, like the ... #Radiology #CTChest