23 results
Approach to the diagnosis of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis. 
*Consider additional test: bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage, transbronchial
pneumonitis. ... pneumonitis; HRCT ... computed tomography; UIP ...  = usual interstitial ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... ) Usual Interstitial ... - Immunologic (hypersensitivity ... Chronic Radiation Pneumonitis ... Diseases #ILD #Causes
It is usually easy to recognize the pattern of UIP on HRCT. #Clinical #Radiology #CTChest #UIP
the pattern of UIP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #UIP # ... UsualInterstitialPneumonitis #Usual ... #Interstitial #Pneumonitis
Notice the honeycombing and the preference of the subpleural and basal lung areas. #Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
#Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #UIP # ... UsualInterstitialPneumonitis #Usual ... #Interstitial #Pneumonitis
Notice the honeycombing and the preference of the subpleural and basal lung areas. #Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
#Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #UIP # ... UsualInterstitialPneumonitis #Usual ... #Interstitial #Pneumonitis
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
predominance: UIP ... distribution: Hypersensitivity ... pneumonitis, Respiratory ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
a patient with UIP ... reticular densities caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Usual #Interstitial ... #Pneumonitis #Reticular
HRCT findings in UIP
Honeycombing consisting of multilayered thick-walled cysts.
Architectural distortion with traction bronchiectasis due to fibrosis.
Predominance
HRCT findings in UIP ... lymphadenopathy #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #UIP # ... UsualInterstitialPneumonitis #Usual ... #Interstitial #Pneumonitis
Here another case of subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
There is subtle opacity in the centre of the secondary
Here another case ... of subacute hypersensitivity ... pneumonitis. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Hypersensitivity
Subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in the subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
ill-defined centrilobular nodules of ground-glass opacity
pneumonitis The ... pneumonitis are ... opacity (80% of cases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Hypersensitivity