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Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
predominance: UIP ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... GroundGlassOpacity #GroundGlass ... #Differential # ... RadiologyAssistant
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
HP (right) Differential ... In chronic HP fibrotic ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #UIP # ... #Mimic #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
Even fibrosis as ... in UIP, NSIP and ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #RadiologyAssistant
Longstanding Sarcoidosis
Here a typical chest film in a patient with long standing Sarcoidosis (stage IV).
There is
The differential ... diagnosis includes chronic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... #RadiologyAssistant
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
pattern of pulmonary fibrosis ... attributed to chronic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #Reticular ... #Honeycombing #RadiologyAssistant
On the left we see consolidation and ground-glass opacity in a patient with persistent chest abnormalities
This suggested a chronic ... we can rule out fibrosis ... carcinoma #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #GroundGlass ... BronchioloalveolarCarcinoma #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in many cases UIP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Interstitial #Pattern #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
a patient with UIP ... volume loss and fibrotic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Reticular #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
can heal and end up ... with end-stage fibrosis ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #Cavity ... Emphysema #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant