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Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
Interstitial pneumonias ... acute reticular pattern ... PCP-infection as ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #PJP #RadiologyAssistant
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
High Attenuation pattern ... Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia ... lobes presenting as ... consolidation #Clinical #Radiology ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
to look at the pattern ... respond to the treatment ... typically present as ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
High Attenuation pattern ... Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia ... consolidation as ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
have specific patterns ... realise, that these patterns ... are also common ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... ILD #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
there are four patterns ... is also difficult ... frequently presents as ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a case of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia.
It was a patient with low-grade fever, progressive
chronic eosinophilic pneumonia ... respond promptly to treatment ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Eosinophilic #Pneumonia ... EosinophilicPneumonia #RadiologyAssistant
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
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Algorithm for nodular pattern ... are visible, the pattern ... pleural nodules and also ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Differential #Algorithm #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient who complained of arthritic pain.

There are multiple small bilateral peripheral consolidations.
The
, but this was also ... organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Cryptogenic #Organizing #Pneumonia ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
but one might also ... of organizing pneumonia ... (OP) also known ... #Clinical #Radiology ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP #RadiologyAssistant