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Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
The HRCT shows a ... and intralobular reticular ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #RadiologyAssistant
It is usually easy to recognize the pattern of UIP on HRCT. #Clinical #Radiology #CTChest #UIP
recognize the pattern ... of UIP on HRCT. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #UIP # ... #Pneumonitis #ILD
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
resolution of the HRCT ... predominance: UIP ... , NSIP, DIP. - Centrilobular ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #GGO #
The CXR demonstrates a reticular interstitial pattern with a preference at the lung bases.
The HRCT demonstrates
a reticular interstitial ... The HRCT demonstrates ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #CTChest ... #Reticular #Interstitial
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... pattern on a CXR ... in many cases UIP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Pattern #Differential
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
fibrosis. ... a reticular pattern ... a reticular pattern ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #Reticular
HRCT findings in UIP
Honeycombing consisting of multilayered thick-walled cysts.
Architectural distortion with traction bronchiectasis due to fibrosis.
Predominance
HRCT findings in ... UIP Honeycombing ... lymphadenopathy #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #UIP # ... #Pneumonitis #ILD
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
chronic HP (right) Differential ... Pneumonitis. ... show very similar HRCT ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
a patient with UIP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #Pneumonitis #Reticular ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
pneumonias (IIPs ... combinations of fibrosis ... findings of NSIP, UIP ... , OP and LIP have ... #Diagnosis #Radiology