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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
interstitial lung disease ... there are four patterns ... low attenuation (table ... The cystic pattern ... seen and in many cases
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
diagnosis The table ... to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... lobar pneumonia caused ... #Differential #Table
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... combinations of fibrosis ... listed in the table ... specific patterns ... realise, that these patterns
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
Silicosis is a fibrotic ... lung disease caused ... With disease progression ... typical eggshell pattern ... radiology #CXR #Chest
Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
Focal Hair Loss Pattern ... Hair Loss Pattern ... Alopecia: - Pattern ... alopecia in men (male pattern ... loss), Female pattern
Hair Loss (Alopecia) - General (Diffuse and Focal) Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... planopilaris Pattern ... Secondary to Skin Disease ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
On the left a patient with GGO as dominant pattern.
In addition there is traction bronchiectasis indicating
GGO as dominant pattern ... of the possible patterns ... relatively uniform pattern ... collagen vascular diseases ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
idiopathic lung disease ... characterized by diffuse ... with subsequent fibrosis ... The histologic pattern ... Clinical #Radiology #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 ... the result of fibrosis ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... Goodpasture's cause ... hemorrhage (DAH) • Diffuse ... • IF staining patterns