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High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
High Attenuation ... Chronic eosinophilic ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... HighAttenuation #Pattern #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #LowAttenuation ... #Differential # ... Diagram #Comparison ... Emphysema #SignetRing #RadiologyAssistant
Mosaic attenuation
The term 'mosaic attenuation' is used to describe density differences between affected and non-affected lung
oligemic lung due to chronic ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #MosaicAttenuation ... #Differential # ... RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis. 
On the left multiple diseases showing septal thickening:
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular
Differential diagnosis ... with ground glass attenuation ... #CTChest #LymphangiticCarcinomatosis ... #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
Chronic hypersensitivity ... attenuation, that ... included in the differential ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... HypersensitivityPneumonitis #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
It can be difficult to distinguish these three entities.
There are two diagnostic hints for further differentiation:
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bronchiolitis or chronic ... pulmonary embolism ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... MosaicAttenuation #Mosaic #Attenuation ... #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
like idiopathic pulmonary ... or fibrosis in chronic ... disease in the differential ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... DrugRelated #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant