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Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
interstitial lung disease ... in ground glass pattern ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... GroundGlassOpacity #GroundGlass ... #Differential #
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern ... - Chest Radiology ... hematogenous spread of a disease ... #Chest #Radiology ... pulmonary #CXR #clinical
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
the left some diseases ... with a nodular pattern ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #CTChest #Nodular ... #Differential #
On the left a patient with GGO as dominant pattern.
In addition there is traction bronchiectasis indicating
GGO as dominant pattern ... collagen vascular diseases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #NSIP ... NonspecificInterstitialPneumonia #GroundGlass
Ground-glass opacity is nonspecific, but highly significant finding since 60-80% of patients with ground-glass opacity on
treatable lung disease ... cases the lung disease ... the ground-glass pattern ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #GroundGlass
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
is a reticular patern ... recognized that this pattern ... many inhalational diseases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
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 ... in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #DrugInduced
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
b) CHF c) ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... one post op Cardiology ... change CV risk Chest
On the left a patient with ground glass pattern in a mosaic distribution.
Some lobules are involved
with ground glass pattern ... The differential ... thromboembolic disease ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #GGO #
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
scan: the mosaic pattern ... proteinosis and other diseases ... included in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Chronic