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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
lung disease comes ... low attenuation (table ... UIP can be suspected ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... listed in the table ... findings of NSIP, UIP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
pattern of pulmonary ... pattern at the lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #Reticular ... #Interstitial #
The CXR demonstrates a reticular interstitial pattern with a preference at the lung bases.
The HRCT demonstrates
The CXR demonstrates ... preference at the lung ... bases. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #CTChest
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
or tumor cells (Table ... fibrosis as in UIP ... , NSIP and long ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
RV Thrombus on POCUS Echocardiogram in a patient with Pulmonary Embolism

It's a little fuzzy but if
a patient with Pulmonary ... this parasternal long ... you'll see the cause ... #Clinical #cardiology ... #PLAX
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Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... this is nodular interstitial ... lung disease, that ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
Stage I - Redistribution ... supplying the lung ... non-perfused vessels and causes ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
since in many cases ... visible wall #CXR ... #Differential #Table ... #Pulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Radiology
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
changes in the basal lung ... reticular densities caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #Usual #Interstitial