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Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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: - SjS, SLE, ... Raynaud phenomenon, SjS ... PBC/SSc OS, PBC/SjS ... , CTD-ILD, IIM, ... polar: - SLE, SjS
Nodular pattern
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary TB: random nodules
3. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic
Nodular pattern ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... #Nodular #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
there are four patterns ... low attenuation (table ... On a Chest X-Ray ... detected on a chest ... The cystic pattern
DRESS Syndrome vs SJS/TEN
DRESS
 • Latency: 2-8 weeks
 • Rash: Morbilliform
 • Mucosal involvement: 50% have
DRESS Syndrome vs SJS ... involvement: 50% have mild ... lymphocytes and eos SJS ... DRESS #Syndrome #SJS ... TEN #comparison #table
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
with a nodular pattern ... bronchiolitis: ill ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Nodular #Pattern ... Differential #Comparison #Table
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
listed in the table ... have specific patterns ... realise, that these patterns ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
Low Attenuation pattern ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... LowAttenuation #Cystic #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table
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 ... consolidation - Multifocal ill-defined ... Consolidation #Patterns
Nodular pattern(2)
1. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic distribution, along fissures, adenopathy.
2. TB: Tree-in-bud appearance in a patient
Nodular pattern( ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... #Nodular #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
High Attenuation pattern ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... HighAttenuation #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table