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Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
) or interstitial ... in ground glass pattern ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #GGO # ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
High Attenuation pattern ... Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia ... Broncho-alveolar ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
have specific patterns ... findings of NSIP, UIP ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #Idiopathic ... ILD #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
On a Chest X-Ray ... detected on a chest ... in many cases UIP ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #RadiologyAssistant
Usual Interstitial Pneumonia (UIP) pattern on Chest CT
75 M with progressive dyspnea. Typical usual interstitial pneumonia
Pneumonia (UIP) ... pattern on Chest ... pneumonia (UIP) ... pattern: - Subpleural ... #Pneumonia #UIP
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
Patterns - Differential ... Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial ... Edema, Alveolar ... Crazy Paving: Alveolar ... #CT #Patterns #
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
cells results in a pattern ... pulmonary edema ... or lymphoma and alveolar ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
#radiology #ctchest #differential

Differential Diagnosis of Ground-glass Opacity.

Some abbreviations
HP: Hypersensitive pneumonitis
DIP: Desquamative interstitial pneumonia
PAP: Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
MIA:
#radiology #ctchest ... Hypersensitive pneumonitis DIP ... : Desquamative interstitial ... pneumonia PAP: ... Pulmonary alveolar
On the left a patient with GGO as dominant pattern.
In addition there is traction bronchiectasis indicating
pneumonia (NSIP ... As in UIP (usual ... interstitial pneumonia ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... GroundGlass #GGO #RadiologyAssistant
Honeycombing represents the second reticular pattern recognizable on HRCT.
Because of the cystic appearance, honeycombing is also
second reticular pattern ... feature of usual interstitial ... pneumonia (UIP) ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... UsualInterstitialPneumonia #RadiologyAssistant