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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 ... , NSIP, DIP. - Centrilobular ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #GroundGlass #Differential
On the left a patient with DIP.
The HRCT shows diffuse areas of ground-glass density in the
a patient with DIP ... and some mosaic pattern ... abnormalities and signs ... of fibrosis are ... #DIP #DesquamativeInterstitialPneumonia
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Pneumonia • (UIP ... Interstitial Pneumonia - fibrosis ... Pneumonia • (DIP ... Pneumonia • (LIP ... Lung #Diseases #ILD
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
combinations of fibrosis ... findings of NSIP, UIP ... , OP and LIP have ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
UIP with honeycombing ... chronic HP (right) Differential ... Chronic stage: - UIP ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CTChest ... #UIP #Comparison
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
interstitial pneumonia (AIP ... with subsequent fibrosis ... The histologic pattern ... HRCT findings in AIP ... the diagnosis AIP
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
patients with a UIP ... pattern or NSIP ... pattern seen in ... disease in the differential ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
scan: the mosaic pattern ... scan, indicating air ... Signs of fibrosis ... included in the differential ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
Common Dermatological Conditions - Distribution and Morphology
 • Acne vulgaris - Face, upper back, chest -
associated with signs ... temples, upper lip ... especially lower lip ... Christmas tree pattern ... dermatology #rash #differential
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
function tests algorithm ... clinical symptoms/signs ... evaluation of the pattern ... Areas of diagnostic ... Liver #Enzymes #Differential