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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... lung disease comes ... When the cysts have ... in many cases UIP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
On the left three different patients with lung cysts.
From left to right: Lymphangiomyomatosis, LIP and Langerhans
patients with lung ... cysts. ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... Comparison #LAM #LIP
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
the differential diagnosis ... can heal and end up ... the surrounding lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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- Emphysema - Lung ... cysts (LAM, LIP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... TractionBronchiectasis #Cysts
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
, like cyst, cavity ... we describe a chest ... a thick wall Cyst ... visible wall #CXR ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
changes in the basal lung ... thick walls of the cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #Usual #Interstitial
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
cyst in the upper ... is a possible diagnosis ... leading to pulmonary cyst ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumothorax
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
The idiopathic interstitial ... to injury and do ... findings of NSIP, UIP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
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 ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #Reticular ... #Interstitial #
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level.
The upper lobe is still attached to the chest wall
cyst in the upper ... is a possible diagnosis ... leading to pulmonary cyst ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumothorax