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Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
with areas of ground-glass ... atenuation and areas ... The HRCT shows a ... #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 ... end-stage with massive fibrosis ... presenting as areas ... with peripheral areas ... #HRCT #CTChest
On the left a patient with DIP.
The HRCT shows diffuse areas of ground-glass density in the
The HRCT shows diffuse ... areas of ground-glass ... and some mosaic pattern ... abnormalities and signs of fibrosis ... #CTChest #DIP #
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
with subsequent fibrosis ... The histologic pattern ... There are areas ... and extensive areas ... #CTChest #AIP #
On the left two different patients with similarl HRCT findings.
The left one is a smoker with
with similarl HRCT ... the right has hypersensitivity ... the well defined areas ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #RBILD
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... combinations of fibrosis ... morphologic findings on HRCT ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
pneumonitis (2) The case ... with areas of ground-glass ... attenuation and areas ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Chronic
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
radiographic findings are areas ... in chronic hypersensitivity ... or NSIP pattern ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #DrugInduced
On the left a typical case of panlobular emphysema.
There is uniform destruction of the underlying architecture
left a typical case ... to widespread areas ... the other hand, mild ... difficult to detect on HRCT ... #CTChest #Panlobular