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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 ... consolidation - Diffuse ... opacities - Fine Nodular ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Consolidation #Patterns
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... there are four patterns ... : reticular, nodular ... seen and in many cases ... #Pattern #Differential
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
Algorithm for nodular ... pattern The algorithm ... are visible, the pattern ... the nodules are diffuse ... #Pattern #MultipleNodules
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... to think of the differential ... to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... lobar pneumonia caused
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
BOOP • Type of interstitial ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... consolidation and GG pattern ... Pulmonary lymphoma, Diffuse ... BOOP #pulmonary #ILD
Hair Loss (Alopecia) - General (Diffuse and Focal) Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
and Focal) Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... planopilaris Pattern ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... lymphadenopathy more diffuse ... involvement, irregular pattern ... #algorithm
Intrapartum Abnormal Fetal HR Tracing - Causes of Variability & Decelerations - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Minimal/Absent Variability
Fetal HR Tracing - Causes ... Decelerations - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... > 25 bpm): • Mild ... hypoxia Sinusoidal Pattern
Algorithm for Diagnosis of Diffuse Cystic Lung Disease (DCLD)
Round, smooth cysts with normal lung parenchyma in
Algorithm for Diagnosis ... LCDD, SS Cyst pattern ... presentations - ILD ... DCLD #pulmonary #Algorithm ... #Diagnosis #differential
Diffuse Hair Loss (Alopecia) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus erythematosus
 • Lichen
Diffuse Hair Loss ... (Alopecia) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... planopilaris Pattern ... #causes