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Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
cause pulmonary disease ... patient with active disease ... upper lobes due to infection ... #Clinical #Radiology ... AirFluidLevel #RadiologyAssistant
Tree-in-bud almost always indicates the presence of:
Endobronchial spread of infection (TB, MAC, any bacterial bronchopneumonia)
Airway disease
Endobronchial spread of infection ... associated with infection ... often, an airway disease ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Cystic lung disease
Lung cysts are defined as radiolucent areas with a wall thickness of less than
Cystic lung disease ... Cystic lung diseases ... and are seen in infection ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Miliary TB
This represents a hematogenous dissemination of infection and may occur in association with either primary
dissemination of infection ... or postprimary disease ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Tuberculosis #RadiologyAssistant
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
In chronic disease ... - Chronic post-infection ... diseases like organizing ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
On the left we see consolidation and ground-glass opacity in a patient with persistent chest abnormalities
without signs of infection ... suggested a chronic disease ... of a malignant disease ... carcinoma #Clinical #Radiology ... BronchioloalveolarCarcinoma #RadiologyAssistant
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
chronic heart disease ... superimposed pulmonay infection ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Crazy Paving is a combination of ground glass opacity with superimposed septal thickening (5).
It was first
seen in other diseases ... pneumonia (COP/BOOP) - Infection ... AIP) #Clinical #Radiology ... AlveolarProteinosis #RadiologyAssistant
Primairy TB is usually clinically silent.
In 5% of infected individuals the immunity is inadequate and clinically
clinically active disease ... progressive primary disease ... of the latent infection ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #SecondaryTB #RadiologyAssistant
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
exclusion of other diseases ... such as lymphoma, infection ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Pneumonia #ILD #RadiologyAssistant