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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
on HRCT Most of ... disease comes from HRCT ... On HRCT there are ... pattern on a CXR ... #Pattern #Differential
Figure 3 HRCT-LUS correlation in normal lung, pulmonary congestion, rheumatoid lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Notes: (A)
Figure 3 HRCT-LUS ... artifact); (G) UIP pattern ... Clinical #Diagnosis #HRCT ... #Correlation #Table ... #ILD #Findings
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
pneumonitis The key findings ... The HRCT shows a ... mosaic pattern ... and intralobular reticular ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
of pulmonary fibrosis ... A HRCT is needed ... Here a CXR with ... a reticular pattern ... HRCT demonstrated
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
combinations of fibrosis ... listed in the table ... on HRCT and histology ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Reticular pattern 
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular septal thickening, usually focal or unilateral 50% adenopathy', known carcinoma.
2.
Reticular pattern ... edema: incidental finding ... in HRCT, smooth ... Clinical #Radiology #HRCT ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Basic Interpretation
A structured approach to interpretation of HRCT involves the following questions:
What is the dominant HR-pattern:
reticular
nodular
high
interpretation of HRCT ... the dominant HR-pattern ... : reticular nodular ... there additional findings ... #HRCT #CTChest
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
interstitium by fluid, fibrous ... cells results in a pattern ... a predominant finding ... diagnosis (Table ... #HRCT #CTChest
On the left a smoker with RB-ILD with subtle HRCT-findings.
The dominant pattern is ground glass opacification.
Additional
with subtle HRCT-findings ... The dominant pattern ... there is a broad differential ... interpretion of the HRCT ... probably would be pulmonary