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Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
appearance of lung ... , as in cystic fibrosis ... ABPA is a hypersensitivity ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
expiratory scan: the mosaic ... Signs of fibrosis ... mid and lower lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Chronic
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Causes: • Cystic fibrosis ... tracheobronchomegaly) • Hypersensitivity ... in the adjacent lung ... hypertension • Mosaic ... of the affected lung
Subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in the subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
ill-defined centrilobular nodules of ground-glass opacity
80% of cases) or mosaic ... opacity due to lung ... There are ill-defined ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Hypersensitivity
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity ... Subacute stage: - RB-ILD ... throughout the whole lung ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #UIP #
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
some traction bronchiectasis ... in chronic hypersensitivity ... consider drug-related lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #DrugInduced
The predominant finding is ground glass opacity (GGO).
There is very subtle traction bronchiectasis, indicating that the
subtle traction bronchiectasis ... the result of fibrosis ... common interstitial lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #NSIP
The predominant finding is ground glass opacity (GGO).
There is very subtle traction bronchiectasis, indicating that the
subtle traction bronchiectasis ... the result of fibrosis ... common interstitial lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #NSIP