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Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
Fibrosis and parenchymal ... existing irreversible fibrosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis ... In chronic HP fibrotic ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Fibrosis #Mimic
Progressive Massive Fibrosis on Chest X-Ray
In a construction worker presenting with shortness of breath.
Progressive Massive Fibrosis
on Chest X-Ray ... is a chronic interstitial ... pneumoconiosis which is caused ... #silicosis #clinical ... #radiology
HRCT findings in UIP
Honeycombing consisting of multilayered thick-walled cysts.
Architectural distortion with traction bronchiectasis due to fibrosis.
Predominance
HRCT findings in UIP ... bronchiectasis due to fibrosis ... lymphadenopathy #Clinical ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Interstitial #Pneumonitis
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
idiopathic interstitial pneumonias ... indicates unknown cause ... combinations of fibrosis ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
volume loss and fibrotic ... reticular densities caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #Interstitial #Pneumonitis
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Radiation C - Cystic Fibrosis ... pulmonary apices caused ... by a rigid chest ... aspergillosis - Chronic ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
chronic hypersensitivity ... pneumonitis and ... patients with a UIP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #DrugInduced
Longstanding Sarcoidosis
Here a typical chest film in a patient with long standing Sarcoidosis (stage IV).
There is
Here a typical chest ... There is fibrosis ... diagnosis includes chronic ... hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... #Clinical #Radiology
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
pattern of pulmonary fibrosis ... On a chest X-ray ... In many cases you ... attributed to chronic ... #Clinical #Radiology