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The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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attenuation or air-filled ... cysts (LAM, LIP ... on the basis of HRCT ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
Notice the air-fluid ... is a possible diagnosis ... LAM is a rare lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Cystic #Pattern #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Halo Sign on Chest CT
 • SPN or mass surrounded by a circumferential GGO
 • DDx:
CT • SPN or mass ... circumferential GGO ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
On the left three different patients with lung cysts.
From left to right: Lymphangiomyomatosis, LIP and Langerhans
patients with lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Cystic #Comparison ... #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
resolution of the HRCT ... the result of air ... or interstitial lung ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #GGO #
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level.
The upper lobe is still attached to the chest wall
Notice the air-fluid ... is a possible diagnosis ... LAM is a rare lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Monod Sign on Chest CT
 • Air surrounding a fungal ball in a preexisting pulmonary cavity
CTAir surrounding ... #Monod #Sign #CT ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Air Bronchogram Sign on Chest CT
 • Patent airways surrounded by opacified lung
 • DDx: pna,
Air Bronchogram ... Sign on Chest CT ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
can suggest the diagnosis ... abutting the pleura, air-bronchograms ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... SepticEmboli #Cavity #RadiologyAssistant