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High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
High-Res Chest CT ... Patterns - Differential ... #CT #Patterns # ... Differential #Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #radiology
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... low attenuation (table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
lung disease caused ... Calcification (seen in CT ... typical eggshell pattern ... #CXR #Chest #XRay ... #labeled #pulmonary
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
we describe a chest ... #CXR #Lucency #Differential ... #Table #CavitaryLesion ... Lung #Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
or tumor cells (Table ... Even fibrosis as ... UIP, NSIP and long ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Consolidation #Differential
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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- Chest Radiology ... throughout the lungs ... #Chest #Radiology ... diagnosis #pulmonary ... CXR #clinical #CT
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
HRCT as seen in fibrosis ... or interstitial lung ... in ground glass pattern ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #GroundGlass #Differential
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
combinations of fibrosis ... listed in the table ... have specific patterns ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
In the differential ... the surrounding lung ... without associated pulmonary ... with end-stage fibrosis ... #CTChest #Cavity
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
Thickening of the lung ... interstitium by fluid, fibrous ... cells results in a pattern ... diagnosis (Table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology