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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
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
or interstitial lung ... , NSIP, DIP. - Centrilobular ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
idiopathic interstitial pneumonias ... combinations of fibrosis ... of NSIP, UIP, OP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
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
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
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
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
The radiographic findings ... like idiopathic pulmonary ... pattern or NSIP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
mid and lower lung ... on the imaging findigs ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Chronic ... #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
The predominant finding is ground glass opacity (GGO).
There is very subtle traction bronchiectasis, indicating that the
The predominant finding ... the result of fibrosis ... common interstitial lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #NSIP