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High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
High Attenuation pattern ... consolidation as ... HighAttenuation #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
High Attenuation pattern ... lobes presenting as ... HighAttenuation #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
Ground-glass opacity (GGO ... resolution of the HRCT as ... in ground glass pattern ... Pulmonary #CTChest #GGO ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with GGO as dominant pattern.
In addition there is traction bronchiectasis indicating
a patient with GGO ... as dominant pattern ... patients respond to treatment ... #GroundGlass #GGO ... #RadiologyAssistant
In the images on your left you can appreciate again the spectrum of findings seen in
a very subtle GGO ... The last image also ... shows GGO with ... fine reticular pattern ... NonspecificInterstitialPneumonia #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... respond to the treatment ... typically present as ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity is nonspecific, but highly significant finding since 60-80% of patients with ground-glass opacity on
the ground-glass pattern ... fibrosis, such as ... two cases with GGO ... #GroundGlass #GGO ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
is a reticular patern ... go. ... There is also hyperinflation ... recognized that this pattern ... Histiocytosis #Cystic #RadiologyAssistant