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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
The cystic pattern ... When the cysts have ... seen and in many cases ... UIP can be suspected ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
the lung, like cyst ... , cavity, pneumatocele ... since in many cases ... visible wall #CXR ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
between cavities and cysts ... Cysts occur without ... Cysts usually contain ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #Cavity
Cystic versus Reticular
It can be difficult to determine whether we are dealing with a reticular pattern
The CXR is of a ... On the CXR it is ... In many of such cases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Cystic #Interstitial
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
In many cases you ... on the CXR. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #Reticular ... #Interstitial #
HRCT findings in UIP
Honeycombing consisting of multilayered thick-walled cysts.
Architectural distortion with traction bronchiectasis due to fibrosis.
Predominance
HRCT findings in UIP ... multilayered thick-walled cysts ... lymphadenopathy #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #UIP # ... UsualInterstitialPneumonitis #Usual #Interstitial
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 ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #Usual #Interstitial
The case on the left shows subpleural honeycomb cysts in several contiguous layers.
There is also a
subpleural honeycomb cysts ... typical for Usual Interstitial ... Pneumonia (UIP) ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #UIP #
Multifocal
Multifocal consolidations are also described as multifocal ill-defined opacities or densities.
In most cases these are the
In most cases these ... ill-defined densities is interstitial ... small and fill up ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Multifocal