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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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High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
organizing pneumonia (COP ... COP. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
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Crazy Paving is a combination of ground glass opacity with superimposed septal thickening (5).
It was first
Organizing pneumonia (COP ... Bronchoalveolarca (BAC) - Pulmonary ... failure, ARDS, AIP) #Clinical ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with both septal thickening and ground glass opacity in a patchy
organizing pneumonia (COP ... distress syndrome and pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #SeptalThickening ... #AlveolarProteinosis
On the left a typical case of panlobular emphysema.
There is uniform destruction of the underlying architecture
Pulmonary vessels ... can be very subtle ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Panlobular ... #RadiologyAssistant
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
In daily clinical ... In these cases comparison ... with old fims can ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant
It can be difficult to distinguish these three entities.
There are two diagnostic hints for further differentiation:
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