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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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#Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... LowAttenuation #Differential ... #Diagram #Comparison ... #SignetRing #RadiologyAssistant
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
Interstitial - Reticular ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
The CXR demonstrates a reticular interstitial pattern with a preference at the lung bases.
The HRCT demonstrates
preference at the lung ... bases. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #CTChest ... #Pattern #Honeycombing
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... histiocytosis or honeycombing ... pattern on a CXR ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... RadiologyAssistant
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
at the lung bases ... a reticular pattern ... at the lung bases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #Reticular
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
Patterns - Differential ... Reticular: • ... Attenuation: • Emphysema ... Differential #Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #radiology
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
, bulla, honeycombing ... visible wall #CXR ... #Lucency #Differential ... #Pulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Radiology
Lung abnormalities mostly present as areas of increased density, which can be divided into the following
: Consolidation ... #Diagnosis #Pathophys ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Lung #Patterns ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
film is a reticular ... was caused by multiple ... diagnosis in this ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #