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The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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result in decreased lung ... Honeycombing Most diseases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Differential #Diagram #Comparison
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
lung disease caused ... Calcification (seen in CT ... typical eggshell pattern ... Silicosis #clinical #radiology ... XRay #labeled #pulmonary
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
responses of the lung ... combinations of fibrosis ... specific patterns ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
or interstitial lung ... disease (i.e. fibrosis ... in ground glass pattern ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern ... throughout the lungs ... hematogenous spread of a disease ... differential #diagnosis #pulmonary ... CXR #clinical #CT
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
like idiopathic pulmonary ... patients with a UIP pattern ... or NSIP pattern ... consider drug-related lung ... #Clinical #Radiology
The distribution of nodules shown on HRCT is the most important factor in making an accurate
distribution In certain diseases ... structures of the lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT ... Perilymphatic #Comparison
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Other tests: • CT ... sparing of the lung ... seen on chest CT ... • IF staining patterns ... differential #diagnosis #management
CT and ultrasonographic features of COVID-19 pneumonia
Lung CT:
 - Thickened pleura
 - Ground glass shadow and
and effusion - Pulmonary ... progress of the disease ... patients with pulmonary ... fibrosis #COVID19 ... POCUS #features #Radiology
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
Thickening of the lung ... interstitium by fluid, fibrous ... cells results in a pattern ... disease, it is ... #Diagnosis #Radiology