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CT Lung Signs in Pulmonary Diseases - One Page Summary of Pulmonary Signs
 - Air Crescent
CT Lung Signs in ... Pulmonary Diseases ... Signs - Air Crescent ... - Mosaic attenuation ... #Diseases #diagnosis
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
fibrotic lung disease ... Calcification (seen in CT ... Devpriyo Pal @drdevrad ... #CXR #Chest #XRay ... #labeled #pulmonary
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
the result of air ... bronchiolitis, PCP ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Mosaic attenuation
The term 'mosaic attenuation' is used to describe density differences between affected and non-affected lung
adjacent to lung with air-trapping ... thromboembolic disease ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Nasal polyps and signs ... , in advanced disease ... thickening, presence of air-fluid ... hypertension • Mosaic ... high-resolution chest CT
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
scan, indicating air ... Signs of fibrosis ... proteinosis and other diseases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... HypersensitivityPneumonitis #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
It can be difficult to distinguish these three entities.
There are two diagnostic hints for further differentiation:
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There are two diagnostic ... expiratory scans for air ... infiltrative lung disease ... MosaicAttenuation #Mosaic ... Attenuation #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant