12 results
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
adenopathy and pleural effusion ... low attenuation areas ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Comparison #Table
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 ... #Radiology #HRCT ... #Comparison #Table
Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
Low Attenuation pattern ... low attenuation areas ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Comparison #Table
Nodular pattern
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary TB: random nodules
3. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic
Nodular pattern ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #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 ... The HRCT shows a ... mosaic pattern ... #Clinical #Radiology
On the left two different patients with similarl HRCT findings.
The left one is a smoker with
with similarl HRCT ... smoker with RB-ILD ... the well defined areas ... #Clinical #Radiology ... CTChest #RBILD #Comparison
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 ... cessation of smoking #Clinical ... DesquamativeInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
HRCT findings in ... restricted to areas ... small pleural effusions ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Organizing #Pneumonia #ILD
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
The histologic pattern ... There are areas ... and extensive areas ... #Clinical #Radiology ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
advising us to treat ... time for coronary perfusion ... vessels, or acutely ill ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical