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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
interstitial lung disease ... : reticular, nodular ... low attenuation (table ... On a Chest X-Ray ... seen and in many cases
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
of these four patterns ... on a chest x-ray ... consolidation - Diffuse ... - Multiple Masses ... Consolidation #Patterns
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern ... - Chest Radiology ... small (1 -4 mm) nodules ... hematogenous spread of a disease ... PulmPEEPs #Miliary #Pattern
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
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
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... GPA, pulmonary nodules ... Inflammatory eye disease ... Goodpasture's cause ... • IF staining patterns
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
fibrotic lung disease ... caused by inhalation ... coalescence of the nodules ... typical eggshell pattern ... radiology #CXR #Chest
Algorithm for Diagnosis of Diffuse Cystic Lung Disease (DCLD)
Round, smooth cysts with normal lung parenchyma in
Algorithm for Diagnosis ... Lung Disease (DCLD ... cysts along with nodules ... LCDD, SS Cyst pattern ... #Cystic #Lung #Disease
PALM RASHES 
Common features and patterns:
1.	Color:
o	Red or erythematous: Common in inflammatory or allergic reactions.
o	Purple or purpuric:
Common features and patterns ... Raised (papular or nodular ... o Peripheral patterns ... . 6 Causes and ... Drug Reactions: Diffuse
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 ... differential diagnosis (Table ... Kerley B lines on chest ... Nodular or irregular