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Liver Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign Cystic 
 • Cyst
 • Polycystic Liver Disease
 • Caroli's
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hemangioma • Focal Nodular ... • Metastases (e.g ... Lung, Colon, Breast ... #Causes
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
pattern. 1. ... before the typical cysts ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pattern #NodularPattern ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
of these four patterns ... - Multiple Masses ... Diagnosis #Clinical #Radiology ... Consolidation #Patterns ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
: reticular, nodular ... The cystic pattern ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #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 ... attenuation (emphysema, cystic ... Interpretation #Algorithm ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in the subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
ill-defined centrilobular nodules of ground-glass opacity
centrilobular nodules ... opacity (80% of cases ... ) or mosaic pattern ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Centrilobular #RadiologyAssistant
Lung Nodule - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Nodule on > 2 Years Without a Change in Size:
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Bronchogenic Cyst ... Colon, Kidney, Breast ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Pulmonary
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... vascular diseases (e.g ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
film of a 19 year old ... was caused by multiple ... cysts. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Wegener's granulomatosis
Wegener's is a collagen vascular disease with vasculitis involving the lung, kidney and sinuses.
In the
the vasculitis causes ... areas of consolidation ... seen as multiple nodules ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant