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On the left a patient with ground glass pattern in a mosaic distribution.
The clue here is
hyperperfused lung ... thromboembolic disease ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #GGO # ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left another patient with ground glass pattern in a mosaic distribution.
Again the ground glass
hyperperfused lung ... thromboembolic disease ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #GGO # ... #RadiologyAssistant
Metastases
Metastases are the most common cause of multiple pulmonary masses.
Usually they vary in size and are
the most common cause ... distribution unlike other diseases ... subsequent spread of disease ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LungMets
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
in interstitial lung ... disease comes from ... disease and what ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity is nonspecific, but highly significant finding since 60-80% of patients with ground-glass opacity on
potentially treatable lung ... disease. ... the lung disease ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
is a fibrotic lung ... disease caused ... With disease progression ... Calcification (seen in CT ... #CXR #Chest #XRay
Wegener's granulomatosis
Wegener's is a collagen vascular disease with vasculitis involving the lung, kidney and sinuses.
In the
collagen vascular disease ... vasculitis causes ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #GPA #Wegeners ... Multifocal #Nodules #RadiologyAssistant
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Connective tissue diseases ... pulmonale, in advanced disease ... in the adjacent lung ... hypertension • Mosaic ... high-resolution chest CT
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
nodular interstitial lung ... disease, that is ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
expiratory scan: the mosaic ... mid and lower lung ... proteinosis and other diseases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... HypersensitivityPneumonitis #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant