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Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
atenuation and areas ... Fibrosis and parenchymal ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
HP (right) Differential ... Subacute stage: - RB-ILD ... In chronic HP fibrotic ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Mimic #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... Chronic diseases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Longstanding Sarcoidosis
Here a typical chest film in a patient with long standing Sarcoidosis (stage IV).
There is
The differential ... diagnosis includes chronic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... #RadiologyAssistant
Lobar atelectasis or lobar collaps is an important finding on a chest x-ray and has a
has a limited differential ... produces only mild ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Lobar #Collapse ... Patterns #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
dealing with the differential ... diagnosis of chronic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP #RadiologyAssistant
When a rib fracture heals, the callus formation may create a mass-like appearance (blue arrow).
Sometimes a
formation may create ... is necessary to differentiate ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Old #RibFracture ... #Pseudotumor #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
Chronic hypersensitivity ... Signs of fibrosis ... included in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
radiographic findings are areas ... in chronic hypersensitivity ... disease in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant