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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
When the cysts have ... seen and in many cases ... UIP can be suspected ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
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 ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... LowAttenuation #Differential ... TractionBronchiectasis #Cysts
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
CT Patterns - Differential ... Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial ... Antitripsyn Def • Cysts ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary ... #radiology
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
them from cysts ... Cysts occur without ... associated pulmonary ... Cysts usually contain ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
pattern of pulmonary ... In many cases you ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #Reticular ... #Interstitial #
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
since in many cases ... visible wall #CXR ... #Lucency #Differential ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
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
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Hemoptysis • Coughing up ... Common Causes: • Cystic ... no evidence of cystic ... moderate-to-severe cases ... #differential #
Multifocal
Multifocal consolidations are also described as multifocal ill-defined opacities or densities.
In most cases these are the
ill-defined densities is interstitial ... small and fill up ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Multifocal ... Consolidation #Differential