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Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
Mosaic pattern with areas ... and areas of low ... nodules of increased attenuation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
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 ... Pattern #Comparison #Table
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
Low Attenuation ... areas without walls ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Pattern #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 ... Pattern #Comparison #Table
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 ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Differential #
Personality Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
• Enduring pattern of experience and behaviour that deviates from cultural
Diagnosis Algorithm ... the following areas ... impairment in important areas ... The pattern is stable ... • Histrionic - attention-seeking
Eczematous Skin Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Eczematous - Pruritic/Scaly/Erythematous lesions. Usually poorly demarcated
 • Atopic Dermatitis
Eczematous Skin Rash - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... lichenification (chronic ... Yellowish-red plaques with greasy ... scalp/face/central chest
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
mosaic pattern with areas ... and areas of low ... included in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Chronic
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
terms to describe areas ... we describe a chest ... is to describe areas ... #CXR #Lucency #Differential ... #Table #CavitaryLesion
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
radiographic findings are areas ... or fibrosis in chronic ... disease in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #DrugInduced