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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
interstitial lung disease ... low attenuation (table ... interstitial lung disease ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
Algorithm for nodular ... pattern The algorithm ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT ... #CTChest #NodularPattern
The distribution of nodules shown on HRCT is the most important factor in making an accurate
most important factor ... In most cases small ... distribution In certain diseases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #NodularPattern
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
the left some diseases ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #NodularPattern ... Differential #Comparison #Table
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... listed in the table ... morphologic findings on HRCT ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infarction • Stable ... • Biliary Disease ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Cystic versus Reticular
It can be difficult to determine whether we are dealing with a reticular pattern
called a cystic disease ... In many of such cases ... a HRCT will give ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Ground-glass opacity is nonspecific, but highly significant finding since 60-80% of patients with ground-glass opacity on
treatable lung disease ... the lung disease ... the ground-glass pattern ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #GroundGlass
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
idiopathic lung disease ... The histologic pattern ... aswell as the HRCT ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP #
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
cells results in a pattern ... interstitial lung disease ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT ... #CTChest #Reticular