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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 ... The HRCT shows a ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pneumonitis #HypersensitivityPneumonitis ... Chronic #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
Nodular pattern
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary TB: random nodules
3. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic
Nodular pattern ... pneumonitis: ill ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Ill defined centrilobular nodules of ground glass density in a patient with hypersensitivity pneumonitis #Clinical #Radiology
Ill defined centrilobular ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Hypersenstitivity ... #Pneumonitis #HypersenstitivityPneumonitis ... Centrilobular #RadiologyAssistant
It is usually easy to recognize the pattern of UIP on HRCT. #Clinical #Radiology #CTChest #UIP
recognize the pattern ... of UIP on HRCT. ... UsualInterstitialPneumonitis #Usual #Interstitial ... #Pneumonitis #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with ground glass pattern in a mosaic distribution.
Some lobules are involved
with ground glass pattern ... The differential ... are confluent, HRCT ... MosaicAttenuation #Mosaic #HypersenstitivityPneumonitis ... #RadiologyAssistant
Upper lung zone preference is seen in:
- Inhaled particles: pneumoconiosis (silica or coal)
- Smoking related diseases
bronchiolitis (RB-ILD ... histiocytosis - Hypersensitivity ... pneumonitis - Sarcoidosis ... #Pulmonary #HRCT ... #ChestCT #Differential
High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
Non specific interstitial ... pneumonitis (NSIP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
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 ... pneumonitis, Respiratory ... #GroundGlass #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... on HRCT Most of ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pattern #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in the subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
ill-defined centrilobular nodules of ground-glass opacity
cases) or mosaic pattern ... There are ill-defined ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pneumonitis #HypersensitivityPneumonitis ... Centrilobular #RadiologyAssistant