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On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
with a nodular pattern ... Hypersensitivity ... Hypersensitivity ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
scan: the mosaic pattern ... left suggest the diagnosis ... with a mozaic pattern ... #Clinical #Radiology ... HypersensitivityPneumonitis #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
Alveolar proteinosis is a rare disease characterized by filling of the alveolar spaces with PAS positive
with PAS positive material ... The diagnosis is ... suggestive HRCT pattern ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CrazyPaving #RadiologyAssistant
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
restricted to areas ... carcinoma, the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Organizing #Pneumonia #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
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 ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... Interpretation #Algorithm ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a smoker with RB-ILD with subtle HRCT-findings.
The dominant pattern is ground glass opacification.
Additional
The dominant pattern ... broad differential diagnosis ... would first think hypersensitivity ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
The histologic pattern ... suggestive of the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant