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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... there are four patterns ... low attenuation (table ... is interstitial lung
Figure 3 HRCT-LUS correlation in normal lung, pulmonary congestion, rheumatoid lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Notes: (A)
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ... arrow); (E) NSIP fibrotic ... artifact); (G) UIP pattern ... Diagnosis #HRCT #POCUS ... #Table #ILD #Findings
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
combinations of fibrosis ... listed in the table ... have specific patterns ... realise, that these patterns ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest
Personality Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
• Enduring pattern of experience and behaviour that deviates from cultural
• Enduring pattern ... control • The pattern ... situations • The pattern ... functioning • The pattern ... adolescence • The pattern
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
HRCT as seen in fibrosis ... or interstitial lung ... in ground glass pattern ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #GroundGlass #Differential
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
patients with a UIP pattern ... or NSIP pattern ... consider drug-related lung ... disease in the differential ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... Interstitial lung ... and obstructive pattern ... tumoral obstruction, fibrosing ... #Diagnosis #Differential
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 ... with interstitial lung ... diagnosis (Table
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
scan: the mosaic pattern ... mid and lower lung ... with a mozaic pattern ... included in the differential ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
Lung sliding & pneumonia on POCUS
The differential diagnosis for absence of lung sliding includes pneumonia; however,
on POCUS The differential ... for absence of lung ... interface—this pattern ... from the anterior chest ... sliding #pneumonia #POCUS