12 results
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
High Attenuation ... with peripheral areas ... presenting as 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 ... areas of low attenuation ... The HRCT shows a ... mosaic pattern ... #Clinical #Radiology
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
pattern 1. ... areas without walls ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Comparison #Table
Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
Low Attenuation ... areas without walls ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Comparison #Table
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
-
The fourth pattern ... on the basis of HRCT ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Differential #Diagram #Comparison
Reticular pattern 
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular septal thickening, usually focal or unilateral 50% adenopathy', known carcinoma.
2.
Reticular pattern ... Cardiogenic pulmonary ... : ground glass attenuation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Comparison #Table
Basic Interpretation
A structured approach to interpretation of HRCT involves the following questions:
What is the dominant HR-pattern:
reticular
nodular
high
interpretation of HRCT ... the dominant HR-pattern ... consolidation) low attenuation ... #Pulmonary #HRCT ... Interpretation #Algorithm
Mosaic attenuation
The term 'mosaic attenuation' is used to describe density differences between affected and non-affected lung
non-affected lung areas ... There are patchy areas ... oligemic lung due to chronic ... disease #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
Chronic hypersensitivity ... with areas of ground-glass ... attenuation and ... areas of low attenuation ... #Clinical #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 ... #Clinical #Radiology