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Basic Interpretation
A structured approach to interpretation of HRCT involves the following questions:
What is the dominant HR-pattern:
reticular
nodular
high
the dominant HR-pattern ... there additional findings ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Algorithm #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
Congestive heart failure
The findings are:
 - bilateral perihilar consolidation with air bronchograms and ill-defined borders
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heart failure The findings ... pedicle All these findings ... are dealing with pulmonary ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CHF #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the CXR that you just saw, you could have made the diagnosis of congestive
Based on the CXR ... failure, but the findings ... All these findings ... #CHF #InterstitialEdema ... Interstitial #Edema #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a smoker with RB-ILD with subtle HRCT-findings.
The dominant pattern is ground glass opacification.
Additional
The dominant pattern ... mandatory for the interpretion ... probably would be pulmonary ... would expect more pulmonary ... #RadiologyAssistant
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
physical exam findings ... a chest x-ray (CXR ... chest radiograph pattern ... defaulting to a normal interpretation ... not seen on a CXR