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Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
#Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #HypersensitivityPneumonitis ... #Chronic #Fibrosis ... #RadiologyAssistant
High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
specific interstitial pneumonitis ... Sarcoidosis end-stage: consolidation ... result of massive fibrosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis ... In chronic HP fibrotic ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
On the left two cases with chronic consolidation. 
There are patchy non-segmental consolidations in a subpleural
consolidation. ... will be other signs ... look like this #Clinical ... #Radiology #CTChest ... OrganizingPneumonia #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
idiopathic interstitial pneumonias ... combinations of fibrosis ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #ILD #Findings ... #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
Signs of fibrosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Chronic ... #HypersensitivityPneumonitis ... #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis ... with subsequent fibrosis ... The histologic pattern ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP #