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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
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 ... and secondry nodules ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
in interstitial lung ... : reticular, nodular ... low attenuation (table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
terms to describe areas ... is to describe areas ... #Differential #Table ... #Pulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Radiology
On the left a patient with ground glass pattern in a mosaic distribution.
The clue here is
with ground glass pattern ... enlargement of pulmonary ... (arrow) in the areas ... caliber due to chronic ... #CTChest #GGO #
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
like acute or chronic ... between these chest ... acute shortness of breath ... in fact this is nodular ... interstitial lung
Lung abnormalities mostly present as areas of increased density, which can be divided into the following
mostly present as areas ... Consolidation Atelectasis Nodule ... Less frequently areas ... published soon: Chest ... #CXR #Lung #Patterns
Mosaic attenuation
The term 'mosaic attenuation' is used to describe density differences between affected and non-affected lung
areas. ... There are patchy areas ... due to chronic ... disease #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
Thickening of the lung ... cells results in a pattern ... differential diagnosis (Table ... Nodular or irregular ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
with areas of ground-glass ... attenuation and areas ... mid and lower lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Chronic