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High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
pneumonitis (NSIP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Pattern #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
The CXR demonstrates a reticular interstitial pattern with a preference at the lung bases.
The HRCT demonstrates
interstitial pattern ... traction bronchiectasis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #CTChest ... #Pattern #Honeycombing
HRCT findings in UIP
Honeycombing consisting of multilayered thick-walled cysts.
Architectural distortion with traction bronchiectasis due to fibrosis.
Predominance
UIP Honeycombing ... multilayered thick-walled cysts ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #UIP #UsualInterstitialPneumonitis ... #Usual #Interstitial
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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Emphysema - Lung cysts ... (LAM, LIP, Langerhans ... on the basis of HRCT ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... TractionBronchiectasis #Cysts
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
low attenuation (table ... The cystic pattern ... When the cysts have ... in many cases UIP ... #Pattern #Differential
Honeycombing represents the second reticular pattern recognizable on HRCT.
Because of the cystic appearance, honeycombing is also
on HRCT. ... (UIP). ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Honeycombing ... #UIP #UsualInterstitialPneumonia
The case on the left shows subpleural honeycomb cysts in several contiguous layers.
There is also a
subpleural honeycomb cysts ... (UIP). ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #UIP # ... #Honeycombing #
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
a patient with UIP ... thick walls of the cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Usual #Interstitial ... #Pneumonitis #Reticular
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
opacity, some traction ... bronchiectasis ... and subtle honeycombing ... patients with a UIP ... #Clinical #Radiology