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It is usually easy to recognize the pattern of UIP on HRCT. #Clinical #Radiology #CTChest #UIP
recognize the pattern ... of UIP on HRCT. ... #Usual #Interstitial ... #Pneumonitis #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
resolution of the HRCT ... in ground glass pattern ... predominance: UIP ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... #CTChest #GGO #
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
On HRCT there are ... On a Chest X-Ray ... in many cases UIP ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #RadiologyAssistant
High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
Non specific interstitial ... pneumonitis (NSIP ... Clinical #Radiology #HRCT ... #CTChest #HighAttenuation ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
pneumonias (IIPs ... morphologic findings on HRCT ... findings of NSIP, UIP ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #Idiopathic
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
are: Mosaic pattern ... The HRCT shows a ... mosaic pattern ... Radiology #CXR #CTChest ... Chronic #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
The CXR demonstrates a reticular interstitial pattern with a preference at the lung bases.
The HRCT demonstrates
pattern with a ... The HRCT demonstrates ... Radiology #CXR #UIP ... #CTChest #Reticular ... TractionBronchiectasis #RadiologyAssistant
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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Lung cysts (LAM, LIP ... on the basis of HRCT ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #LowAttenuation ... Emphysema #SignetRing #RadiologyAssistant
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
pattern of pulmonary ... On a chest X-ray ... A HRCT is needed ... #Reticular #Interstitial ... #RadiologyAssistant
HRCT findings in UIP
Honeycombing consisting of multilayered thick-walled cysts.
Architectural distortion with traction bronchiectasis due to fibrosis.
Predominance
HRCT findings in ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #Usual #Interstitial ... #Pneumonitis #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant