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Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
atenuation and areas ... Fibrosis and parenchymal ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CTChest #Hypersensitivity ... #RadiologyAssistant
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
bronchiectasis, as in cystic ... fibrosis (CF) and ... ABPA is a hypersensitivity ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CTChest #MucoidImpaction
Longstanding Sarcoidosis
Here a typical chest film in a patient with long standing Sarcoidosis (stage IV).
There is
Here a typical chest ... The differential ... includes chronic hypersensitivity ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
Signs of fibrosis ... included in the differential ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... HypersensitivityPneumonitis #Fibrosis ... #RadiologyAssistant
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
fibrosis • Aspiration ... tracheobronchomegaly) • Hypersensitivity ... no evidence of cystic ... fibrosis) Physical ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
radiographic findings are areas ... in chronic hypersensitivity ... disease in the differential ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #RadiologyAssistant