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Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
Filling of the alveolar ... interstitium or alveolar ... resolution of the HRCT ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
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 ... findings. ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
- Tamponade Pulmonary ... Causes of Chest ... Pleuritis • Alveoli ... : - CHF - Pneumonia ... Diagnosis #Causes #Cardiology
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
about imaging findings ... On HRCT there are ... based on the x-ray findings ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
of morphologic findings ... on HRCT and histology ... we call these findings ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Reticular pattern 
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular septal thickening, usually focal or unilateral 50% adenopathy', known carcinoma.
2.
edema: incidental finding ... in HRCT, smooth ... Alveolar proteinosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
a predominant finding ... or lymphoma and alveolar ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT ... #CTChest #Reticular
HRCT findings in Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
Peripheral consolidations with upper lobe predominance (photo negative of pulmonary edema).
On
HRCT findings in ... photo negative of pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Chronic
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
and other non-pulmonary ... findings. ... between these chest ... filling of the alveoli ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology
Notice that even within each lobe there is a gravity dependent difference in density.
This is only
transudate like in CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF # ... Alveolar #Pulmonary