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Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
effusion; sometimes pneumothorax ... Centrilobular emphysema ... low attenuation areas ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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The fourth pattern ... result in decreased lung ... - Lung cysts (LAM ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #SignetRing #RadiologyAssistant
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
High Attenuation pattern ... end-stage with massive fibrosis ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... HighAttenuation #Pattern ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
Low Attenuation pattern ... Centrilobular emphysema ... low attenuation areas ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
pneumonitis are: Mosaic pattern ... atenuation and areas ... shows a mosaic pattern ... Radiology #CXR #CTChest ... #RadiologyAssistant
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Tuberculosis - Patterns ... consolidation - Fibrosis ... Loculated effusion or empyema ... level in hydro-pneumothorax ... #chest #xray #clinical
Paraseptal emphysema is localized near fissures and pleura and is frequently associated with bullae formation (area
Paraseptal emphysema ... to spontaneous pneumothorax ... compression of adjacent lung ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... ParaseptalEmphysema #RadiologyAssistant
Lung abnormalities mostly present as areas of increased density, which can be divided into the following
Lung abnormalities ... the following patterns ... are seen as in emphysema ... published soon: Chest ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
combinations of fibrosis ... have specific patterns ... realise, that these patterns ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... ILD #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
HRCT as seen in fibrosis ... or interstitial lung ... in ground glass pattern ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant