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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... interstitial lung disease ... there are four patterns ... low attenuation (table ... The cystic pattern
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern ... - Chest Radiology ... hematogenous spread of a disease ... PulmPEEPs #Miliary #Pattern ... pulmonary #CXR #clinical
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
serial dilution, a pattern ... significant • Pattern ... : The ANA patterns ... not specific ANA Patterns ... Antibodies #ANA #patterns
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... The table summarizes ... to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Hair Loss (Alopecia) - General (Diffuse and Focal) Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
and Focal) Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... planopilaris Pattern ... Secondary to Skin Disease ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
the left some diseases ... with a nodular pattern ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... CTChest #Nodular #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... Other tests: • CT chest ... typically seen on chest ... • IF staining patterns
Algorithm for Diagnosis of Diffuse Cystic Lung Disease (DCLD)
Round, smooth cysts with normal lung parenchyma in
Algorithm for Diagnosis ... Lung Disease (DCLD ... LCDD, SS Cyst pattern ... #Cystic #Lung #Disease ... #Diagnosis #differential
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
function tests algorithm ... evaluation of the pattern ... alcohol-related liver disease ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm ... Liver #Enzymes #Differential
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
On the left a chest ... is a reticular patern ... recognized that this pattern ... many inhalational diseases ... #Clinical #Radiology