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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
pattern on a CXR ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... Pattern #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
The key findings ... The HRCT shows a ... and intralobular reticular ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
of pulmonary fibrosis ... a reticular pattern ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #Reticular ... Pattern #Honeycombing
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 ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
pneumonias (IIPs ... on HRCT and histology ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
UIP with honeycombing ... Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis ... show very similar HRCT ... findings ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
The findings on ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #Pneumonitis #Reticular ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
cells results in a pattern ... a predominant finding ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
The dominant findig ... chest film is a reticular ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... LCH #LangerhansCellHistiocytosis
On the left a smoker with RB-ILD with subtle HRCT-findings.
The dominant pattern is ground glass opacification.
Additional
with subtle HRCT-findings ... The dominant pattern ... there is a broad differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant