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Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
Mosaic pattern with areas ... atenuation and areas ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Chronic #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
This patient presented with acute dyspnoe and a normal chest film (not shown).
The HRCT at presentation
shows lobular areas ... thought to be due to hypersensitivity ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Hypersensitivity ... HypersensitivityPneumonitis #Resolution #RadiologyAssistant
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
ABPA is a hypersensitivity ... bronchial obstruction caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Mucus #Plugging #RadiologyAssistant
Sometimes the centrilobular opacities are more nodular in appearance as in this case. #Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
appearance as in this case ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Hypersensitivity ... Centrilobular #RadiologyAssistant
Here another case of subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
There is subtle opacity in the centre of the secondary
Here another case ... of subacute hypersensitivity ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Hypersensitivity ... Centrilobular #RadiologyAssistant
Here another case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
There is a mosaic pattern.
Some secundary lobules demonstrate ground-glass opacity due
Here another case ... of hypersensitivity ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Hypersensitivity ... #GroundGlass #RadiologyAssistant
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Chest Pain / ACS ... Algorithm that ... physical activity - Nausea ... - History - EKG ... #cardiology #Angina
Subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in the subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
ill-defined centrilobular nodules of ground-glass opacity
Subacute hypersensitivity ... opacity (80% of cases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Hypersensitivity ... Centrilobular #RadiologyAssistant
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Causes of Acute ... Metastatic tumors: Breast ... Cardiac injury (e.g ... Pregnancy Hypersensitivity ... Rheumatic fever #Causes
On the left two different patients with similarl HRCT findings.
The left one is a smoker with
the right has hypersensitivity ... the well defined areas ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #RBILD ... HypersensitivityPneumonitis #ILD #RadiologyAssistant