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Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
Chronic hypersensitivity ... Mosaic pattern with areas ... atenuation and areas ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Chronic #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
with peripheral areas ... presenting as areas ... consolidation #Clinical ... Pattern #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
low attenuation areas ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Pattern #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
low attenuation areas ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Pattern #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
This patient presented with acute dyspnoe and a normal chest film (not shown).
The HRCT at presentation
shows lobular areas ... thought to be due to hypersensitivity ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Hypersensitivity ... HypersensitivityPneumonitis #Resolution #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
pneumonitis (2) The case ... mosaic pattern with areas ... attenuation and areas ... #Clinical #Radiology ... HypersensitivityPneumonitis #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
On the left two different patients with similarl HRCT findings.
The left one is a smoker with
the right has hypersensitivity ... the well defined areas ... #Clinical #Radiology ... HypersensitivityPneumonitis #ILD #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 ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Consolidation #RadiologyAssistant
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... during Delivery • Stable ... Postpartum Period • Breast-feeding ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
are typically able ... advising us to treat ... the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical