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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... four patterns: ... low attenuation (table ... in many cases UIP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
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 ... on the basis of HRCT ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Diagram #Comparison
Nodular pattern
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary TB: random nodules
3. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic
Nodular pattern ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Nodular #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table
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 ... #Pulmonary #HRCT ... NodularPattern #Nodular #Pattern
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
The table summarizes ... to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
listed in the table ... have specific patterns ... morphologic findings on HRCT ... realise, that these patterns ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
with a nodular pattern ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... CTChest #Nodular #Pattern ... NodularPattern #Differential ... #Comparison #Table
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
of these four patterns ... resulting in lobar, diffuse ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with DIP.
The HRCT shows diffuse areas of ground-glass density in the
a patient with DIP ... The HRCT shows diffuse ... and some mosaic pattern ... smoking #Clinical #Radiology ... DesquamativeInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
The histologic pattern ... aswell as the HRCT ... are diffuse or ... #Clinical #Radiology ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD