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Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
atenuation and areas ... Fibrosis and parenchymal ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CTChest #Hypersensitivity ... #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
Chronic eosinophilic ... end-stage with massive fibrosis ... Chronic eosinophilic ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Longstanding Sarcoidosis
Here a typical chest film in a patient with long standing Sarcoidosis (stage IV).
There is
Here a typical chest ... The differential diagnosis ... includes chronic ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
Summary table of common benign breast diseases and how to manage them. 
Fibroadenoma:
 • Most common
Fat necrosis: • Fibrosis ... fat cells after trauma ... biopsy, car accident ... erythema/sign of trauma ... #differential #diagnosis
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
) Differential diagnosis ... In chronic HP fibrotic ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Mimic #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
pattern of pulmonary fibrosis ... On a chest X-ray ... to confirm the diagnosis ... attributed to chronic ... #Honeycombing #RadiologyAssistant
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
skin (esp. over areas ... Pericarditis) -> Chest ... pleural effusion on CXR ... disease/pulmonary fibrosis ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
Chronic hypersensitivity ... Signs of fibrosis ... left suggest the diagnosis ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left two cases with chronic consolidation. 
There are patchy non-segmental consolidations in a subpleural
two cases with chronic ... The final diagnosis ... In fibrosis there ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... OrganizingPneumonia #RadiologyAssistant
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Causes: • Cystic fibrosis ... evidence of cystic fibrosis ... Physical stigmata of cor ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis