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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... there are four patterns ... low attenuation (table ... The cystic pattern ... 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 ... consolidation - Diffuse ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Consolidation #Patterns
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
The table summarizes ... to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... lobar pneumonia caused ... #Differential #Table
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
is a histologic pattern ... to confirm the diagnosis ... pattern at the ... This pattern was ... #Clinical #Radiology
Hair Loss (Alopecia) - General (Diffuse and Focal) Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
) Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm DIFFUSE ... planopilaris Pattern ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes
Figure 3 HRCT-LUS correlation in normal lung, pulmonary congestion, rheumatoid lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Notes: (A)
artifact); (G) UIP pattern ... subpleural, basal reticular ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #HRCT #POCUS #Lung ... #Correlation #Table
Diffuse Hair Loss (Alopecia) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus erythematosus
 • Lichen
Diffuse Hair Loss ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Scarring ... planopilaris Pattern ... #Algorithm #causes
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... consolidation and GG pattern ... Pulmonary lymphoma, Diffuse ... pulmonary #ILD #diagnosis
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
patern and that's ... recognized that this pattern ... was caused by multiple ... challenging differential diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology
In the images on your left you can appreciate again the spectrum of findings seen in
tissue disease, all cases ... GGO with a fine reticular ... pattern. ... excluding UIP as diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology