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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
of these four patterns ... - Diffuse consolidation ... - Multifocal ill-defined ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Multifocal #Differential
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
of these four patterns ... resulting in lobar, diffuse ... or multifocal ill-defined ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... : reticular, nodular ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... Pattern #Differential
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
pattern The algorithm ... are visible, the pattern ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pattern #MultipleNodules ... #Nodules #Differential
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
pattern. 1. ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Pattern #NodularPattern ... #Differential # ... Comparison #Table
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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The fourth pattern ... low attenuation pattern ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Diagram #Comparison
Multifocal
Multifocal consolidations are also described as multifocal ill-defined opacities or densities.
In most cases these are the
to segmental, diffuse ... or multifocal ill-defined ... densities is interstitial ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
in ground glass pattern ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #GroundGlass #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
have specific patterns ... realise, that these patterns ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant