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The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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on the basis of HRCT ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #LowAttenuation ... #Differential # ... Emphysema #SignetRing #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... is interstitial lung ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #RadiologyAssistant
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
Algorithm for nodular ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #HRCT #CTChest ... MultipleNodules #Nodules #Differential ... #Algorithm #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
resolution of the HRCT ... or interstitial lung ... #CTChest #GGO # ... #GroundGlass #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
Thickening of the lung ... with interstitial lung ... in interstitial pulmonary ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #RadiologyAssistant
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
the surrounding lung ... without associated pulmonary ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... Emphysema #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
histologic pattern of pulmonary ... On a chest X-ray ... A HRCT is needed ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Honeycombing #RadiologyAssistant
Mosaic attenuation
The term 'mosaic attenuation' is used to describe density differences between affected and non-affected lung
The role of the ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #MosaicAttenuation ... #Attenuation #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a typical case of panlobular emphysema.
There is uniform destruction of the underlying architecture
Pulmonary vessels ... difficult to detect on HRCT ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Panlobular ... PanlobularEmphysema #RadiologyAssistant
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
chronic HP (right) Differential ... show very similar HRCT ... throughout the whole lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest