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Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
Centrilobular emphysema ... Notice the centrilobular ... child-bearing age ... Cystic #Pattern #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Nodular pattern
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary TB: random nodules
3. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic
pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: centrilobular ... Nodular #Pattern #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
child-bearing age ... Centrilobular emphysema ... Cystic #Pattern #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
child-bearing age ... ring sign'. - Centrilobular ... #Differential #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
The distribution of nodules shown on HRCT is the most important factor in making an accurate
perilymphatic, centrilobular ... Centrilobular distribution ... limited to the centrilobular ... Perilymphatic #Comparison ... #Diagram #RadiologyAssistant
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: centrilobular ... bronchiolitis: ill defined centrilobular ... #Differential #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
perilymphatic, random and centrilobular ... These are often ... pleural nodules are ... distribution is likely centrilobular ... Differential #Algorithm #RadiologyAssistant
Sometimes the centrilobular opacities are more nodular in appearance as in this case. #Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
Sometimes the centrilobular ... opacities are more ... HypersensitivityPneumonitis #Nodular #Centrilobular ... #RadiologyAssistant
Subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in the subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
ill-defined centrilobular nodules of ground-glass opacity
hypersensitivity pneumonitis are ... : ill-defined centrilobular ... There are ill-defined ... centrilobular nodules ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangiomyomatosis:
Langerhans cell histiocytosis: > 90% are smokers, cysts have irregular shapes and the
histiocytosis: > 90% are ... costophrenic angles are ... Centrilobular emphysema ... perceptible wall, centrilobular ... #LAM #Cystic #RadiologyAssistant