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Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
Centrilobular emphysema ... low attenuation areas ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Cystic #Pattern #Comparison
Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
Centrilobular emphysema ... low attenuation areas ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Cystic #Pattern #Comparison
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 ... #CXR #CTChest #
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
with peripheral areas ... presenting as areas ... with peripheral areas ... #HRCT #CTChest ... HighAttenuation #Pattern #Comparison
Palpable Skin Crepitus on Physical Exam

Notice these air bubbles under the skin. An 86-year-old woman with
sudden-onset shortness of breath ... neck (shown in video ... travels from these areas ... in subcutaneous areas ... PhysicalExam #Clinical #Video
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Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
terms to describe areas ... pneumatocele, emphysema ... we describe a chest ... is to describe areas ... Pulmonary #Diagnosis #Radiology
This patient presented with acute dyspnoe and a normal chest film (not shown).
The HRCT at presentation
dyspnoe and a normal chest ... shows lobular areas ... thought to be due to hypersensitivity ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Hypersensitivity
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 ... #CTChest #RBILD ... #Comparison #HypersensitivityPneumonitis
Emphysema, when it is severe, can mimick Langerhans cell histiosytosis.
When it extends beyond the centrilobular area
Emphysema, when ... LCH, but also areas ... of emphysema, respiratory ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Emphysema
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity ... centrilobular emphysema ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #UIP # ... Comparison #Chronic