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The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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on the basis of HRCT ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Differential #Diagram ... #Comparison #Honeycombing
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
have specific patterns ... morphologic findings on HRCT ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
The distribution of nodules shown on HRCT is the most important factor in making an accurate
structures of the lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT ... Perilymphatic #Comparison ... #Diagram #RadiologyAssistant
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
cough, dyspnea, fever ... consolidation and GG pattern ... , cavities • HRCT ... Pneumonia #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis
Alveolar proteinosis is a rare disease characterized by filling of the alveolar spaces with PAS positive
the suggestive HRCT ... pattern (crazy ... Nonproductive cough, fever ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AlveolarProteinosis
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
are smaller and fewer ... supplying the lung ... In these cases comparison ... with old fims can ... #Clinical #Radiology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
• Domestic and wild ... Presentation: Fever ... Manifestations: • Fever ... • Fever and weight ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
On the left a typical case of panlobular emphysema.
There is uniform destruction of the underlying architecture
appear fewer and ... the other hand, mild ... difficult to detect on HRCT ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Panlobular
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... Direct cytotoxic lung ... Fever 4. ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... confirmatory findings on HRCT
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Case A 39-year-old ... radiograph pattern ... bleeding often from a liver ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary