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Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
The key findings ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #HypersensitivityPneumonitis ... #RadiologyAssistant
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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cysts (LAM, LIP ... basis of HRCT findings ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Emphysema #SignetRing #RadiologyAssistant
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis ... very similar HRCT findings ... throughout the whole lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
or interstitial lung ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Here another case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
There is a mosaic pattern.
Some secundary lobules demonstrate ground-glass opacity due
opacity due to lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Hypersensitivity ... #Pneumonitis #HypersensitivityPneumonitis ... #GroundGlass #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
The findings on ... volume loss and fibrotic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #Interstitial #Pneumonitis
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
idiopathic interstitial pneumonias ... combinations of fibrosis ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #RadiologyAssistant
Subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in the subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
ill-defined centrilobular nodules of ground-glass opacity
The key findings ... opacity due to lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Hypersensitivity ... #Pneumonitis #HypersensitivityPneumonitis
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
LAM is a rare lung ... airways leading to pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumothorax ... #RadiologyAssistant
HRCT findings in UIP
Honeycombing consisting of multilayered thick-walled cysts.
Architectural distortion with traction bronchiectasis due to fibrosis.
Predominance
HRCT findings in ... bronchiectasis due to fibrosis ... lymphadenopathy #Clinical ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant