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High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
High Attenuation pattern ... interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP ... result of massive fibrosis ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
On the left two cases of NSIP.
Note the varying combination of GGO and fibrosis (traction bronchiectasis),
left two cases of NSIP ... combination of GGO and fibrosis ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #NSIP #NonspecificInterstitialPneumonia ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
High Attenuation pattern ... end-stage with massive fibrosis ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... HighAttenuation #Pattern ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
pneumonitis are: Mosaic pattern ... atenuation and areas ... shows a mosaic pattern ... Radiology #CXR #CTChest ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with GGO as dominant pattern.
In addition there is traction bronchiectasis indicating
GGO as dominant pattern ... the presence of fibrosis ... of the possible patterns ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... GroundGlass #GGO #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
combinations of fibrosis ... arthritis findings of NSIP ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
HRCT as seen in fibrosis ... in ground glass pattern ... predominance: UIP, NSIP ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with DIP.
The HRCT shows diffuse areas of ground-glass density in the
and some mosaic pattern ... abnormalities and signs ... of fibrosis are ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
radiographic findings are areas ... patients with a UIP pattern ... or NSIP pattern ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #RadiologyAssistant
The predominant finding is ground glass opacity (GGO).
There is very subtle traction bronchiectasis, indicating that the
the result of fibrosis ... UIP, from which NSIP ... NSIP is by far the ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant