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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... four patterns: ... pattern can be ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Pattern #Differential
Chest XRay Interstitial Pattern - Differential Algorithm #Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR #Interstitial #Pattern #Differential #Algorithm #RadiologyAssistant
Chest XRay Interstitial ... Pattern - Differential ... Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Pattern #Differential
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
of these four patterns ... consolidation - Diffuse ... consolidation - Multifocal ill-defined ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Consolidation #Patterns
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
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
have specific patterns ... morphologic findings on HRCT ... realise, that these patterns ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
Thickening of the interstitium ... resolution of the HRCT ... in ground glass pattern ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #GroundGlass #Differential
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 ... not specific ANA Patterns ... Antibodies #ANA #patterns
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... to think of the differential ... to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
consolidation and GG pattern ... , cavities • HRCT ... lymphoma, Diffuse ... Pneumonia #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
cells results in a pattern ... has a limited differential ... pulmonary edema ... #HRCT #CTChest ... SeptalThickening #Differential