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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest x-ray ... Interstitial - ... Reticular interstitial ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
Thickening of the interstitium ... ) or interstitial ... bronchiolitis, PCP ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
the air in the alveoli ... or tumor cells (Table ... the air in the alveoli ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
and other non-pulmonary ... Pulmonary hemorrhage ... filling of the alveoli ... this is nodular interstitial ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis. 
On the left multiple diseases showing septal thickening:
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular
Cardiogenic pulmonary ... bronchovascular interstitium ... Cardiogenic pulmonary ... Differential #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Key findings in alveolar proteinosis
- Crazy paving pattern: reticular pattern superimposed on ground glass opacification.
- Opacifications
Key findings in alveolar ... ground glass to consolidation ... transported to the interstitium ... Radiology #CTChest #AlveolarProteinosis ... #CrazyPaving #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
diagnosis The table ... content of the alveoli ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Differential #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Crazy Paving is a combination of ground glass opacity with superimposed septal thickening (5).
It was first
be specific for alveolar ... ) - Infection (PCP ... Bronchoalveolarca (BAC) - Pulmonary ... #Proteinosis #AlveolarProteinosis ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
imaging findings in interstitial ... low attenuation (table ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Interstitial ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with both septal thickening and ground glass opacity in a patchy
be specific for alveolar ... sarcoidosis, nonspecific interstitial ... distress syndrome and pulmonary ... SeptalThickening #AlveolarProteinosis ... #RadiologyAssistant