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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... low attenuation (table ... in many cases UIP ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... Pattern #Differential
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
Thickening of the interstitium ... lung disease (i.e ... in ground glass pattern ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #GroundGlass #Differential
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
listed in the table ... have specific patterns ... realise, that these patterns ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Personality Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
• Enduring pattern of experience and behaviour that deviates from cultural
Diagnosis Algorithm ... the following areas ... impairment in important areas ... is stable and of ... long duration,
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
terms to describe areas ... is to describe areas ... #CXR #Lucency #Differential ... #Table #CavitaryLesion ... #Pulmonary #Diagnosis
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
metastatic spread: lung ... cancer, breast ... patients with pulmonary ... and other CTD TIP ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
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 ... lung disease, it ... diagnosis (Table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial ... rare idiopathic lung ... The histologic pattern ... There are areas ... and extensive areas
Cystic lung disease
Lung cysts are defined as radiolucent areas with a wall thickness of less than
as radiolucent areas ... listed in the table ... as radiolucent areas ... #Pulmonary #Cystic ... #Differential #
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
radiographic findings are areas ... like idiopathic pulmonary ... and non-specific interstitial ... consider drug-related lung ... disease in the differential