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Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
or interstitial lung ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... GroundGlassOpacity #GroundGlass ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
responses of the lung ... combinations of fibrosis ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... ILD #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with GGO as dominant pattern.
In addition there is traction bronchiectasis indicating
interstitial pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #NSIP ... NonspecificInterstitialPneumonia #GroundGlass ... #GGO #RadiologyAssistant
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
the surrounding lung ... without associated pulmonary ... with end-stage fibrosis ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest
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 ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Honeycombing #RadiologyAssistant
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial pneumonia ... rare idiopathic lung ... with subsequent fibrosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP #
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
like idiopathic pulmonary ... consider drug-related lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #DrugInduced ... #RadiologyAssistant
It can be difficult to distinguish these three entities.
There are two diagnostic hints for further differentiation:
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right with the pulmonary ... gren - Post transplant ... penicillamine) #Clinical ... #Radiology #CTChest ... Attenuation #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
Signs of fibrosis ... mid and lower lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Chronic ... #RadiologyAssistant