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Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... OP is organizing ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
High Attenuation pattern ... Cryptogenic organizing ... #Clinical #Radiology ... HighAttenuation #Pattern ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Pneumonia - Clinical ... consolidation and GG pattern ... Pneumonia - Diagnosis ... BOOP #pulmonary #ILD ... #diagnosis #management
On the left a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and bilateral peripheral consolidations as a result of
as a result of organizing ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Cryptogenic #Organizing ... RheumatoidArthritis #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient who complained of arthritic pain.

There are multiple small bilateral peripheral consolidations.
The
this was also organizing ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Cryptogenic #Organizing ... #Pneumonia #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
of these four patterns ... Masses Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Consolidation #Patterns ... #RadiologyAssistant
Nodular pattern
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary TB: random nodules
3. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic
Nodular pattern ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill ... #Clinical #Radiology ... CTChest #Nodular #Pattern ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
the differential diagnosis ... of organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Distribution #Organizing ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP #RadiologyAssistant
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
with a nodular pattern ... bronchiolitis: ill ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... CTChest #Nodular #Pattern ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
carcinoma, the diagnosis ... of cryptogenic organizing ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pneumonia #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant