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Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
: Mosaic pattern ... atenuation and areas ... shows a mosaic pattern ... Radiology #CXR #CTChest ... Chronic #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
in ground glass pattern ... predominance: UIP ... distribution: Hypersensitivity ... pneumonitis, Respiratory ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest
On the left a patient with ground glass pattern in a mosaic distribution.
Some lobules are involved
with ground glass pattern ... pneumonitis. ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #GGO #MosaicAttenuation ... HypersenstitivityPneumonitis #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
pneumonitis (2) ... scan: the mosaic pattern ... with a mozaic pattern ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
fibrosis in chronic hypersensitivity ... pneumonitis and ... patients with a UIP ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... DrugRelated #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis ... The histologic pattern ... There are areas ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a smoker with RB-ILD with subtle HRCT-findings.
The dominant pattern is ground glass opacification.
Additional
The dominant pattern ... would first think hypersensitivity ... pneumonitis, but ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... RespiratoryBronchiolitis #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
assaulted three days ago ... This post will focus ... Because this breaks up ... radiograph pattern ... #Radiology #CTChest