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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
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Nodular #Pattern ... Differential #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
of these four patterns ... on a chest x-ray ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
: reticular, nodular ... low attenuation (table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
listed in the table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
Basic Interpretation
A structured approach to interpretation of HRCT involves the following questions:
What is the dominant HR-pattern:
reticular
nodular
high
the dominant HR-pattern ... : reticular nodular ... #Pulmonary #HRCT ... #Algorithm #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
cells results in a pattern ... differential diagnosis (Table ... Nodular or irregular ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Risk factors
Defining high- or low-risk is currently more difficult than it was in the old guideline.
Previously
characteristics alone (See Table ... #Epidemiology #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #Fleischner ... PulmonaryNodule #Nodule ... #RadiologyAssistant
Fleischner Society recommendations for follow-up of nodules
Previous chest radiographs should be reviewed to determine if the
with a benign pattern ... #Management #Radiology ... #CTChest #Fleischner ... Society #Followup #Pulmonary ... #Nodules #RadiologyAssistant
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
modifiable risk factors ... murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... disease b) CHF ... days before Pulmonary ... medical and surgical management