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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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Honeycombing Most diseases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Differential #Diagram #Comparison ... Emphysema #SignetRing #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
result of air space disease ... interstitial lung disease ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... GroundGlassOpacity #GroundGlass ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
On the left three different patients with lung cysts.
From left to right: Lymphangiomyomatosis, LIP and Langerhans
Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... CTChest #Cystic #Comparison ... Histiocytosis #RadiologyAssistant
Subsolid nodules
Most subsolid nodules are transient and the result of infection or hemorrhage.
However, persistent subsolid nodules
malignant in 63%, pure groundglass ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... PulmonaryNodule #Followup #RadiologyAssistant
Nodular pattern
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary TB: random nodules
3. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic
#Clinical #Radiology ... Nodular #Pattern #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Summary table of heart murmurs associated with mitral and aortic valve diseases as well as their
and aortic valve diseases ... diagnosis #heart #cardiology ... #comparison
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
#Clinical #Radiology ... Cystic #Pattern #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
the left some diseases ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Nodular pattern(2)
1. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic distribution, along fissures, adenopathy.
2. TB: Tree-in-bud appearance in a patient
#Clinical #Radiology ... Nodular #Pattern #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Upper lung zone preference is seen in:
- Inhaled particles: pneumoconiosis (silica or coal)
- Smoking related diseases
Smoking related diseases ... edema #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Upper #Lower #RadiologyAssistant