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Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
Ground-glass opacity (GGO ... (i.e. fibrosis) ... in ground glass pattern ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #GroundGlass #Differential
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... interstitial lung disease ... interstitial lung disease ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
lung disease caused ... typical eggshell pattern ... #Silicosis #clinical ... #radiology #CXR ... #Chest #XRay #labeled
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
pneumonitis are: Mosaic pattern ... Fibrosis and parenchymal ... shows a mosaic pattern ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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- Chest Radiology ... hematogenous spread of a disease ... #Chest #Radiology ... diagnosis #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Tuberculosis - Patterns ... consolidation - Fibrosis ... Tuberculosis #TB #Patterns ... #chest #xray #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Progressive Massive Fibrosis on Chest X-Ray
In a construction worker presenting with shortness of breath.
Progressive Massive Fibrosis
interstitial lung disease ... which is caused by disease ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... #silicosis #clinical ... #radiology
Ground-glass opacity is nonspecific, but highly significant finding since 60-80% of patients with ground-glass opacity on
treatable lung disease ... the ground-glass pattern ... two cases with GGO ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #GroundGlass
On the left a patient with GGO as dominant pattern.
In addition there is traction bronchiectasis indicating
a patient with GGO ... collagen vascular diseases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #NSIP ... #GroundGlass #GGO
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
combinations of fibrosis ... specific patterns ... (e.g., sclerodermia ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest