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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
of these four patterns ... on a chest x-ray ... Interstitial - Reticular ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
On a Chest X-Ray ... is reticular. ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
shows a mosaic pattern ... and intralobular reticular ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Chronic #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
The CXR demonstrates a reticular interstitial pattern with a preference at the lung bases.
The HRCT demonstrates
interstitial pattern ... preference at the lung bases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #CTChest ... TractionBronchiectasis #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with DIP.
The HRCT shows diffuse areas of ground-glass density in the
and some mosaic pattern ... Reticular abnormalities ... #CTChest #DIP # ... DesquamativeInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
On a chest X-ray ... manifests as a reticular ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #Reticular ... #Honeycombing #RadiologyAssistant
Cystic versus Reticular
It can be difficult to determine whether we are dealing with a reticular pattern
pattern. ... In many of such cases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... LangerhansCellHistiocytosis #LCH #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
densities caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #Pneumonitis #Reticular ... #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 ... : reticular nodular ... Pulmonary #HRCT #CTChest ... Interpretation #Algorithm ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant