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#Clinical #Radiology #CXR #CTChest #Longstanding #Sarcoidosis #Fibrosis #Conglomerate #Nodules #RadiologyAssistant
#Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #Sarcoidosis #Fibrosis ... Conglomerate #Nodules #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
Ground-glass opacity (GGO ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #GroundGlass #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
Fibrosis and parenchymal ... existing irreversible fibrosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left two cases of NSIP.
Note the varying combination of GGO and fibrosis (traction bronchiectasis),
combination of GGO ... and fibrosis (traction ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #NSIP ... NonspecificInterstitialPneumonia #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Longstanding Sarcoidosis
Here a typical chest film in a patient with long standing Sarcoidosis (stage IV).
There is
Here a typical chest ... The differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... #RadiologyAssistant
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
, as in cystic fibrosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Mucus #Plugging #RadiologyAssistant
On the left we see consolidation and ground-glass opacity in a patient with persistent chest abnormalities
we can rule out fibrosis ... cell carcinoma #Clinical ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #GroundGlass #GGO ... BronchioloalveolarCarcinoma #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity is nonspecific, but highly significant finding since 60-80% of patients with ground-glass opacity on
the result of fibrosis ... two cases with GGO ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #GroundGlass ... #GGO #RadiologyAssistant
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
In the differential ... with end-stage fibrosis ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... Emphysema #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
The predominant finding is ground glass opacity (GGO).
There is very subtle traction bronchiectasis, indicating that the
glass opacity (GGO ... the result of fibrosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #NSIP ... NonspecificInterstitialPneumonia #ILD #RadiologyAssistant