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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... The cystic pattern ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... Pattern #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
of these four patterns ... Consolidation - Lobar ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... #CXR #Consolidation ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Cystic versus Reticular
It can be difficult to determine whether we are dealing with a reticular pattern
with a reticular pattern ... or a cystic pattern ... or a reticular pattern ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Cystic #Interstitial
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
The idiopathic interstitial ... have specific patterns ... realise, that these patterns ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Idiopathic #Interstitial
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
resolution of the HRCT ... in ground glass pattern ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #GroundGlass #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
with a nodular pattern ... before the typical cysts ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Nodular #Pattern ... NodularPattern #Differential
Lobar atelectasis or lobar collaps is an important finding on a chest x-ray and has a
or lobar collaps ... has a limited differential ... #CXR #Lobar #Collapse ... #Patterns #Comparison ... #RadiologyAssistant
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
Patterns - Differential ... Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis ... Honeycombing: Idiopathic ... #CT #Patterns # ... #pulmonary #radiology
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... When it is idiopathic ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
is a reticular patern ... recognized that this pattern ... #CXR #CTChest # ... LCH #LangerhansCellHistiocytosis ... #RadiologyAssistant