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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 ... - Diffuse consolidation ... - Multifocal ill-defined ... Diagnosis #Clinical #Radiology ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... idiopathic it is called cryptogenic ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
restricted to areas ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP #Cryptogenic ... Organizing #Pneumonia #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
. 1- Consolidation ... resulting in lobar, diffuse ... or multifocal ill-defined ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
idiopathic or cryptogenic ... vascular diseases (e.g ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
The histologic pattern ... of consolidation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with DIP.
The HRCT shows diffuse areas of ground-glass density in the
The HRCT shows diffuse ... areas of ground-glass ... and some mosaic pattern ... DesquamativeInterstitialPneumonia #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 ... (ground-glass, consolidation ... bronchiectasis) #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Interpretation #Algorithm ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant