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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
of these four patterns ... Interstitial - Reticular ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... #CXR #Consolidation ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
, high and low attenuation ... (table). ... pattern on a CXR ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
High Attenuation ... pattern 1. ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
High Attenuation ... Sarcoidosis end-stage: consolidation ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
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 ... attributed to chronic ... #CXR #UIP #Reticular ... #Honeycombing #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
The HRCT shows a ... and intralobular reticular ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
like acute or chronic ... Infarction - peripheral ... oxygen level and high ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
diagnosis The table ... to look at the pattern ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
and chronic consolidation ... - Chronic post-infection ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
heart due to a chronic ... infection, ARDS ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant