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Upper lung zone preference is seen in:
- Inhaled particles: pneumoconiosis (silica or coal)
- Smoking related diseases
histiocytosis - Hypersensitivity ... Pulmonary edema #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Differential #Table ... #Upper #Lower #RadiologyAssistant
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
Hypersensitivity ... Hypersensitivity ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... Differential #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Hilar enlargement
The table summarizes the causes of hilar enlargement.
Normal hili are:
- Normal in position - left
enlargement The table ... branching vessels #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... Differential #Unilateral #Bilateral ... #RadiologyAssistant
This patient presented with acute dyspnoe and a normal chest film (not shown).
The HRCT at presentation
shows lobular areas ... HRCT ten days later ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Hypersensitivity ... HypersensitivityPneumonitis #Resolution #RadiologyAssistant
Personality Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
• Enduring pattern of experience and behaviour that deviates from cultural
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm • Enduring ... The pattern is stable ... inhibition, inadequacy, hypersensitivity ... #Algorithm #Psychiatry
Longstanding Sarcoidosis
Here a typical chest film in a patient with long standing Sarcoidosis (stage IV).
There is
The differential diagnosis ... includes chronic hypersensitivity ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... Sarcoidosis #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
Chronic hypersensitivity ... left suggest the diagnosis ... the differential diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... HypersensitivityPneumonitis #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis of the reversed halo sign (RHS). AIA, angioinvasive aspergillosis; AIS, adenocarcinoma in situ; COP,
Differential diagnosis ... drug toxicity, hypersensitivity ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #Radiology #RHS ... #Differential #Algorithm
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis. 
On the left multiple diseases showing septal thickening:
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular
Differential diagnosis ... pulmonary edema: bilateral ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Differential #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
findings in OP - Bilateral ... restricted to areas ... carcinoma, the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Pneumonia #ILD #RadiologyAssistant