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Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
areas of low attenuation ... shows a mosaic pattern ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CTChest #Hypersensitivity ... #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
High Attenuation ... pattern 1. ... Chronic eosinophilic ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... , high and low attenuation ... on a CXR. ... #Differential # ... RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
Chronic hypersensitivity ... areas of low attenuation ... included in the differential ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... HypersensitivityPneumonitis #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
Mosaic attenuation
The term 'mosaic attenuation' is used to describe density differences between affected and non-affected lung
There are patchy areas ... oligemic lung due to chronic ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Differential # ... RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
or fibrosis in chronic ... or NSIP pattern ... disease in the differential ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... DrugRelated #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant