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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... On a Chest X-Ray ... detected on a chest ... #Pattern #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
Chronic eosinophilic ... consolidation #Clinical ... #Radiology #HRCT ... #CTChest #HighAttenuation ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Sarcoidosis
In this case the chest x-ray shows subtle findings that could be described as fine reticulation.
In
this case the chest ... In many cases a HRCT ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Sarcoidosis #Nodular #Interstitial ... #Pattern #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
atenuation and areas ... The HRCT shows a ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
has a limited differential ... Kerley B lines on chest ... Radiology #Pulmonary #HRCT ... #CTChest #Reticular ... #RadiologyAssistant
This patient presented with acute dyspnoe and a normal chest film (not shown).
The HRCT at presentation
dyspnoe and a normal chest ... shows lobular areas ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Hypersensitivity ... HypersensitivityPneumonitis #Resolution #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 ... attributed to chronic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... UIP #Reticular #Interstitial ... #Honeycombing #RadiologyAssistant
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial ... aswell as the HRCT ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP # ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
HP (right) Differential ... show very similar HRCT ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... Fibrosis #Mimic #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
like acute or chronic ... illness, clinical ... between these chest ... this is nodular interstitial ... Consolidation #Causes #RadiologyAssistant