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Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
shows a mosaic pattern ... and intralobular reticular ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CTChest #Hypersensitivity ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... is reticular. ... pattern on a CXR ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
on a chest x-ray ... Interstitial - Reticular ... Masses Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
of pulmonary fibrosis ... On a chest X-ray ... to confirm the diagnosis ... a reticular pattern ... #Honeycombing #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with DIP.
The HRCT shows diffuse areas of ground-glass density in the
and some mosaic pattern ... Reticular abnormalities ... and signs of fibrosis ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... DesquamativeInterstitialPneumonia #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
skin (esp. over areas ... Ulcers, Livedo reticularis ... pleural effusion on CXR ... disease/pulmonary fibrosis ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
film is a reticular ... challenging differential diagnosis ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CTChest #LCH # ... Histiocytosis #Cystic #RadiologyAssistant
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
interstitium by fluid, fibrous ... cells results in a pattern ... of reticular opacities ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
scan: the mosaic pattern ... Signs of fibrosis ... with a mozaic pattern ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #RadiologyAssistant
Lung abnormalities mostly present as areas of increased density, which can be divided into the following
published soon: Chest ... #Diagnosis #Pathophys ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Lung #Patterns ... #RadiologyAssistant