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Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
resolution of the HRCT ... lung disease (i.e ... in ground glass pattern ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #GGO #
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 ... Pattern #Differential
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
pattern of pulmonary ... fibrosis. ... to confirm the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Interstitial #
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
combinations of fibrosis ... listed in the table ... morphologic findings on HRCT ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
HP (right) Differential ... similar HRCT findings ... In chronic HP fibrotic ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #UIP #Comparison
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
fluid, fibrous ... cells results in a pattern ... diagnosis (Table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT