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Nodular pattern
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary TB: random nodules
3. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic
Nodular pattern ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Nodular #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
listed in the table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
pattern. 1. ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Nodular #Pattern ... Differential #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
Ground-glass opacity (GGO ... or interstitial lung ... in ground glass pattern ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
in interstitial lung ... : reticular, nodular ... low attenuation (table ... in many cases UIP ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
On the chest x-ray ... there is an ill-defined ... weight loss or long ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
nodules. ... nodules and a feeding ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... SepticEmboli #Cavity #RadiologyAssistant
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
of these four patterns ... or multifocal ill-defined ... the amount of air ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in the subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
ill-defined centrilobular nodules of ground-glass opacity
cases) or mosaic pattern ... opacity due to lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Hypersensitivity ... Centrilobular #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with GGO as dominant pattern.
In addition there is traction bronchiectasis indicating
a patient with GGO ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #NSIP ... #GroundGlass #GGO ... #RadiologyAssistant