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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
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Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
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On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
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Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
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Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
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Lobar atelectasis or lobar collaps is an important finding on a chest x-ray and has a
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On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
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Multifocal
Multifocal consolidations are also described as multifocal ill-defined opacities or densities.
In most cases these are the
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