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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... is interstitial lung ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
attached to the chest ... is a possible diagnosis ... LAM is a rare lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumothorax
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
consolidation - Diffuse ... Interstitial - Reticular ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
densities caused ... thick walls of the cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
On a chest X-ray ... to confirm the diagnosis ... at the lung bases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #Reticular
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level.
The upper lobe is still attached to the chest wall
attached to the chest ... is a possible diagnosis ... LAM is a rare lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumothorax
Key findings in Lymphangiomyomatosis:
Numerous thin-walled cysts, surrounded by normal parenchyma.
Cysts range from 2mm to 5cm in
diffusely throughout ... the lungs and upper ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Lymphangiomyomatosis ... #LAM #Cystic #RadiologyAssistant
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... - Imaging: • CXR ... - No specific lab ... Pulmonary lymphoma, Diffuse
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
film is a reticular ... this pattern was caused ... challenging differential diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
rare idiopathic lung ... characterized by diffuse ... suggestive of the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP #