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Typical UIP with honeycombing and traction bronchiectasis in a patient with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) #Clinical
with idiopathic pulmonary ... fibrosis (IPF) ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #UIP #IPF #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
HRCT as seen in fibrosis ... disease (i.e. fibrosis ... predominance: UIP ... , NSIP, DIP. - Centrilobular ... #CTChest #GGO #
High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
High Attenuation pattern ... interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP ... result of massive fibrosis ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with GGO as dominant pattern.
In addition there is traction bronchiectasis indicating
the presence of fibrosis ... variable degrees of fibrosis ... the extensive fibrosis ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... GroundGlass #GGO #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
combinations of fibrosis ... arthritis findings of NSIP ... , UIP, OP and LIP ... #CTChest #Idiopathic ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
Even fibrosis as ... in UIP, NSIP and ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #Consolidation ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
On the left two cases of NSIP.
Note the varying combination of GGO and fibrosis (traction bronchiectasis),
left two cases of NSIP ... combination of GGO and fibrosis ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #NSIP #NonspecificInterstitialPneumonia ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
Fibrosis and parenchymal ... existing irreversible fibrosis ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... HypersensitivityPneumonitis #Chronic #Fibrosis ... #RadiologyAssistant
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
• Idiopathic pulmonary ... fibrosis (IPF), ... interstitial pneumonia (NSIP ... Acute, Chronic • Pulmonary ... #differential #pulmonary
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
pattern of pulmonary ... fibrosis. ... On a chest X-ray ... on the CXR. ... #Honeycombing #RadiologyAssistant