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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... The cystic pattern ... When the cysts have ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest ... consolidation - Multifocal ill-defined ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Diagnosis #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation
Cystic versus Reticular
It can be difficult to determine whether we are dealing with a reticular pattern
The CXR is of a ... In many of such cases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Cystic #Interstitial
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
reticular densities caused ... thick walls of the cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Pneumonitis #Reticular #ILD
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangiomyomatosis:
Langerhans cell histiocytosis: > 90% are smokers, cysts have irregular shapes and the
Differential diagnosis ... Lymphoid interstitial ... another typical case ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Lymphangiomyomatosis
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
since in many cases ... we describe a chest ... visible wall #CXR ... #Lucency #Differential ... Pulmonary #Diagnosis #Radiology
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
film of a 19 year old ... this pattern was caused ... by multiple cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
cyst has formed ... Here we see an old ... pulmonary embolus has caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Multifocal
Multifocal consolidations are also described as multifocal ill-defined opacities or densities.
In most cases these are the
In most cases these ... densities is interstitial ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Multifocal ... Consolidation #Differential
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Oleothorax - A chest ... The differential ... Clinical #PCC #Radiology ... #CXR #Oleothorax ... #NEJM