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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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cysts (LAM, LIP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Diagram #Comparison ... #Cysts #Emphysema
The CXR demonstrates a reticular interstitial pattern with a preference at the lung bases.
The HRCT demonstrates
preference at the lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #CTChest ... Bronchiectasis #TractionBronchiectasis ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... When the cysts have ... histiocytosis or honeycombing ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
changes in the basal lung ... densities caused ... thick walls of the cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
to confirm the diagnosis ... at the lung bases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #Reticular ... #RadiologyAssistant
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
, like cyst, cavity ... a thick wall Cyst ... visible wall #CXR ... CavitaryLesion #Cavity #Cyst ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Honeycombing is defined by the presence of small cystic spaces with irregularly thickened walls composed of
Honeycomb cysts ... and subpleural lung ... Subpleural honeycomb cysts ... which subpleural cysts ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
film is a reticular ... by multiple cysts ... diagnosis in this ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #