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Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
hyperaerated secondary nodules ... and secondry nodules ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
Progressive Massive Fibrosis on Chest X-Ray
In a construction worker presenting with shortness of breath.
Progressive Massive Fibrosis
on Chest X-Ray ... is a chronic interstitial ... lung disease with ... coalescence of the nodules ... #Chest #XRay #CXR
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
lung disease caused ... With disease progression ... coalescence of the nodules ... Silicosis #clinical #radiology ... #CXR #Chest #XRay
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
interstitial lung disease ... patterns: reticular, nodular ... interstitial lung disease ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
In chronic disease ... granulomatous noduli ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Longstanding Sarcoidosis
Here a typical chest film in a patient with long standing Sarcoidosis (stage IV).
There is
Here a typical chest ... diagnosis includes chronic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
between these chest ... in fact this is nodular ... interstitial lung disease ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... Causes: • Cystic fibrosis ... Connective tissue diseases ... centrilobular nodules ... high-resolution chest
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
pattern of pulmonary fibrosis ... On a chest X-ray ... attributed to chronic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Honeycombing #RadiologyAssistant
On the left we see consolidation and ground-glass opacity in a patient with persistent chest abnormalities
with persistent chest ... This suggested a chronic ... disease. ... we can rule out fibrosis ... BronchioloalveolarCarcinoma #RadiologyAssistant