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Nodular pattern
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary TB: random nodules
3. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill ... defined centrilobular ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Comparison #Table
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
defined centrilobular ... bronchiolitis: ill ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Differential #Comparison
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
Algorithm for nodular ... perilymphatic, random and centrilobular ... distribution is likely centrilobular ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Pulmonary #HRCT #CTChest
Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
Nodular LCH: - Sarcoidosis ... ring sign'. - Centrilobular ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #Cystic ... #Differential #Comparison
Ill defined centrilobular nodules of ground glass density in a patient with hypersensitivity pneumonitis #Clinical #Radiology
Ill defined centrilobular ... nodules of ground ... pneumonitis #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Hypersenstitivity ... HypersenstitivityPneumonitis #Centrilobular
Subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in the subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
ill-defined centrilobular nodules of ground-glass opacity
centrilobular nodules ... There are ill-defined ... centrilobular nodules ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Hypersensitivity
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
High-Res Chest CT ... Low Attenuation Nodular ... Pneumoconiosis • Centrilobular ... Fibrosis, RA, Scleroderma ... Diagnosis #pulmonary #radiology
Basic Interpretation
A structured approach to interpretation of HRCT involves the following questions:
What is the dominant HR-pattern:
reticular
nodular
high
HR-pattern: reticular nodular ... secondary lobule (centrilobular ... Pulmonary #HRCT #CTChest ... Interpretation #Algorithm ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
Subacute stage: - RB-ILD ... associated with centrilobular ... #CTChest #UIP # ... Comparison #Chronic ... Fibrosis #Mimic #ILD