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Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
pneumonitis are: Mosaic ... The HRCT shows a mosaic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pneumonitis #HypersensitivityPneumonitis ... Chronic #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
Here another case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
There is a mosaic pattern.
Some secundary lobules demonstrate ground-glass opacity due
There is a mosaic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pneumonitis #HypersensitivityPneumonitis ... #Mosaic #GroundGlass ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with ground glass pattern in a mosaic distribution.
Some lobules are involved
glass pattern in a mosaic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... MosaicAttenuation #Mosaic ... #HypersenstitivityPneumonitis ... #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
expiratory scan: the mosaic ... diseases with a mozaic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pneumonitis #HypersensitivityPneumonitis ... #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
Subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in the subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
ill-defined centrilobular nodules of ground-glass opacity
80% of cases) or mosaic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pneumonitis #HypersensitivityPneumonitis ... Centrilobular #RadiologyAssistant
On the left two different patients with similarl HRCT findings.
The left one is a smoker with
#Clinical #Radiology ... CTChest #RBILD #Comparison ... #HypersensitivityPneumonitis ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #UIP #Comparison ... #Chronic #HypersensitivityPneumonitis ... Fibrosis #Mimic #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
It can be difficult to distinguish these three entities.
There are two diagnostic hints for further differentiation:
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penicillamine) #Clinical #Radiology ... MosaicAttenuation #Mosaic ... #Attenuation #Comparison ... #RadiologyAssistant