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Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
pattern The algorithm ... are visible, the pattern ... the nodules are diffuse ... HRCT #CTChest #NodularPattern ... #Nodular #Pattern
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
serial dilution, a pattern ... significant • Pattern ... : The ANA patterns ... Patterns and Associated ... #patterns #rheumatology
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
interstitial lung disease ... there are four patterns ... pattern we are ... The cystic pattern ... in many cases UIP
ANA Patterns and Associated Rheumatic Diseases:
 • Homogeneous: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Mixed connective tissue disease
ANA Patterns and ... Associated Rheumatic Diseases ... connective tissue disease ... • Nucleolar: Diffuse ... #patterns #rheumatology
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Chronic diseases ... to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... lobar pneumonia caused ... pneumonia (OP) and
Hair Loss (Alopecia) - General (Diffuse and Focal) Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
Diagnosis Algorithm ... planopilaris Pattern ... Secondary to Skin Disease ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK+
Clinical
 • First 3 decades of life, M>F
 • Often nodal +
in LN sinuses and ... Lymphohistiocytic pattern ... • Small cell pattern ... • Hodgkin-like pattern ... • Composite pattern
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Fever Patterns - ... Non-Infectious Causes ... Typhus Inversus Pattern ... usual diurnal pattern ... Lymphomas #Fever #Patterns
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
): Gilchrist’s disease ... , Chicago disease ... - Sporadic cases ... reticulonodular patterns ... Radiographic pattern
The distribution of nodules shown on HRCT is the most important factor in making an accurate
in the nodular pattern ... In most cases small ... distribution In certain diseases ... Pulmonary #HRCT #NodularPattern ... #Nodular #Pattern