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Personality Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
• Enduring pattern of experience and behaviour that deviates from cultural
pattern of experience ... the following areas ... control • The pattern ... situations • The pattern ... impairment in important areas
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
have specific patterns ... realise, that these patterns ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Lung abnormalities mostly present as areas of increased density, which can be divided into the following
mostly present as areas ... the following patterns ... Less frequently areas ... #Diagnosis #Pathophys ... #Lung #Patterns
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 ... hyperperfused lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #GGO #
On the left a patient with DIP.
The HRCT shows diffuse areas of ground-glass density in the
shows diffuse areas ... and some mosaic pattern ... smoking #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #DIP # ... DesquamativeInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
scan: the mosaic pattern ... with areas of ground-glass ... attenuation and areas ... mid and lower lung ... with a mozaic pattern
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
rare idiopathic lung ... The histologic pattern ... There are areas ... and extensive areas ... #CTChest #AIP #
Basic Interpretation
A structured approach to interpretation of HRCT involves the following questions:
What is the dominant HR-pattern:
reticular
nodular
high
the dominant HR-pattern ... bronchiectasis) #Diagnosis ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Interpretation #Algorithm ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
radiographic findings are areas ... patients with a UIP pattern ... or NSIP pattern ... consider drug-related lung ... #CTChest #DrugInduced
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Several of the diagnoses ... trauma are diagnosed ... radiograph pattern ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary