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High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
with peripheral areas ... presenting as areas ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... Pattern #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
low attenuation areas ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... Pattern #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
low attenuation areas ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... Pattern #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
Mosaic pattern with areas ... atenuation and areas ... Radiology #CXR #CTChest ... Chronic #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
terms to describe areas ... we describe a chest ... is to describe areas ... #Differential #Table
Notice the honeycombing and the preference of the subpleural and basal lung areas. #Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
and basal lung areas ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... Pneumonitis #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Notice the honeycombing and the preference of the subpleural and basal lung areas. #Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
and basal lung areas ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... LowerLungPredominance #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
view On the PA chest-film ... examine all the areas ... ParatrachealStripe #RadiologyAssistant ... ParaAorticLine #PAView #RadiologyAssistant
The CT-image is not very helpful in the differentiation.
There are hypodense areas, which could be masses.
On
are hypodense areas ... also could be areas ... with hypodense areas ... Radiology #CXR #CTChest ... Consolidation #RadiologyAssistant
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
restricted to areas ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... Pneumonia #ILD #RadiologyAssistant