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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... On a Chest X-Ray ... detected on a chest ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Interstitial
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
On the left a chest ... findings on the chest ... changes in the basal lung ... Whenever you see a chest ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
Ulcers, Livedo reticularis ... Pericarditis) -> Chest ... Dyspnea, pleuritic chest ... pleural effusion on CXR ... lung disease/pulmonary
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
Thickening of the lung ... lung disease, it ... pulmonary edema ... Kerley B lines on chest ... #HRCT #CTChest
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
Redistribution In a normal chest ... redistribution applies to chest ... practice many chest ... Views of the upper lobe ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Weakness, Loss of Chest ... Elasticity (flail chest ... Left Shunt - Anatomic ... Lung Disease ... Hypoxia #hypoxemia #differential
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
histologic pattern of pulmonary ... On a chest X-ray ... particularly at the lung ... at the lung bases ... #Interstitial #
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
failure, COPD, Lung ... Lymphocytic or lymphoid interstitial ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... /- High res CT chest ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
heart failure (CHF ... In the lungs LV ... fluid into the interstitium ... can be seen on a chest-film ... #CXR #Features
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Illnesses: • Pulmonary ... of right middle lobe ... massiliense in CF ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... NTM #Infections #differential