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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 ... with peripheral areas ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Comparison #Table
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
lung disease comes ... low attenuation (table ... lung disease and ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... listed in the table ... have specific patterns ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Progressive Massive Fibrosis on Chest X-Ray
In a construction worker presenting with shortness of breath.
Progressive Massive Fibrosis
with shortness of breath ... Fibrosis is a chronic ... interstitial lung ... pneumoconiosis which is caused ... silicosis #clinical #radiology
Lung abnormalities mostly present as areas of increased density, which can be divided into the following
mostly present as areas ... solitary or multiple Interstitial ... Less frequently areas ... published soon: Chest ... #CXR #Lung #Patterns
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
terms to describe areas ... since in many cases ... we describe a chest ... is to describe areas ... #Differential #Table
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
On a chest X-ray ... at the lung bases ... attributed to chronic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... UIP #Reticular #Interstitial
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... between these chest ... acute shortness of breath ... this is nodular interstitial ... lung disease, that
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
lung disease ... - gastric and breast ... Granulomatous lymphocytic interstitial ... lung disease (GLILD ... DDX - Other causes
On the left a patient with ground glass pattern in a mosaic distribution.
The clue here is
with ground glass pattern ... (arrow) in the areas ... caliber due to chronic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #GGO #