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Differential diagnosis of Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis. 
On the left multiple diseases showing septal thickening:
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular
Differential diagnosis ... bronchovascular interstitium ... septal thickening (crazy ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Reticular pattern 
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular septal thickening, usually focal or unilateral 50% adenopathy', known carcinoma.
2.
peribronchovascular interstitium ... Alveolar proteinosis ... septal thickening (crazy ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest
On the left a patient with both septal thickening and ground glass opacity in a patchy
distress syndrome and pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #SeptalThickening ... #AlveolarProteinosis ... #RadiologyAssistant
Key findings in alveolar proteinosis
- Crazy paving pattern: reticular pattern superimposed on ground glass opacification.
- Opacifications
proteinosis - Crazy ... ground glass to consolidation ... transported to the interstitium ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AlveolarProteinosis
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial ... Edema, Alveolar ... Fibrosis, BAC • Crazy ... • Consolidation ... #pulmonary #radiology
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
cells results in a pattern ... pulmonary edema ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #Reticular ... #SeptalThickening
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
edema - filling ... of the alveoli ... this is nodular interstitial ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
CT will also demonstrate signs of congestive heart failure.
On the image on the left notice the
the differential diagnostic ... presentation of alveolar ... of consolidation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF #
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial ... characterized by diffuse alveolar ... The histologic pattern ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP #