9 results
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest ... - Multifocal ill-defined ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Diagnosis #Clinical #Radiology
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... and other non-pulmonary ... between these chest ... this is nodular interstitial ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... Interstitium ... • ILD • CHF
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
infarction In pulmonar ... Here we see an old ... The pulmonary embolus ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
The idiopathic interstitial ... indicates unknown cause ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... • HRCT: patchy consolidation ... Pneumonia #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis ... #management
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial ... diffuse or patchy consolidation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP # ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
(e.g., chronic interstitial ... Pleuritic chest ... Exclude other causes ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... #diagnosis #management
Basic Interpretation
A structured approach to interpretation of HRCT involves the following questions:
What is the dominant HR-pattern:
reticular
nodular
high
(ground-glass, consolidation ... bronchiectasis) #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT ... #CTChest #Interpretation ... #Algorithm #ILD