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On the left another typical case of sarcoidosis.
In addition to the perilymphatic nodules, there are multiple
perilymphatic nodules ... sarcoidosis we will see fibrosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Sarcoidosis ... Peribronchovascular #Nodular
#Clinical #Radiology #CXR #CTChest #Longstanding #Sarcoidosis #Fibrosis #Conglomerate #Nodules #RadiologyAssistant
#Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #Sarcoidosis #Fibrosis ... #Conglomerate #Nodules
Perilymphatic distribution
Perilymphatic nodules are most commonly seen in sarcoidosis.
They also occur in silicosis, coal-worker's pneumoconiosis and
Perilymphatic nodules ... perilymphatic nodules ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Pulmonary #HRCT #CTChest ... #Differential #
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
centrilobular nodules ... Sarcoidosis: nodules ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... NodularPattern #Differential
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
centrilobular nodules ... and also nodules ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Pulmonary #HRCT #CTChest ... #Differential #
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
Progressive Massive Fibrosis ... Silicosis is a fibrotic ... coalescence of the nodules ... Silicosis #clinical #radiology ... #CXR #Chest #XRay
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Involvement • Scarring, Nodules ... consolidation - Fibrosis ... distributed small nodules ... #TB #Patterns #chest ... xray #clinical #radiology
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
Fibrosis and parenchymal ... hyperaerated secondary nodules ... and secondry nodules ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Highlighted Conditions With Arteritis or Periarteritis of the Coronaries
Takayasu's arteritis:
 - Onset < 40 yrs
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nodosa: - Skin nodules ... - pulmonary nodules ... - Perirenal fibrosis ... Coronaries #Arteritis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Tree-in-bud
In centrilobular nodules the recognition of 'tree-in-bud' is of value for narrowing the differential diagnosis.
Tree-in-bud describes
centrilobular nodules ... narrowing the differential ... irregular and often nodular ... Diagnosis #Pathophys #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest