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Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
fibrosis (CF) and allergic ... ABPA is a hypersensitivity ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Mucus #Plugging #RadiologyAssistant
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
Hypersensitivity ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... NodularPattern #Differential ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Sometimes the centrilobular opacities are more nodular in appearance as in this case. #Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
appearance as in this case ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Hypersensitivity ... Centrilobular #RadiologyAssistant
Here another case of subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
There is subtle opacity in the centre of the secondary
Here another case ... of subacute hypersensitivity ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Hypersensitivity ... Centrilobular #RadiologyAssistant
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Most Common Causes ... tracheobronchomegaly) • Hypersensitivity ... Sweat chloride test ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Clinical ... of PCN allergy ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential ... #causes #management
Here another case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
There is a mosaic pattern.
Some secundary lobules demonstrate ground-glass opacity due
Here another case ... of hypersensitivity ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Hypersensitivity ... #GroundGlass #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... appreciate on a cest ... seen and in many cases ... Interstitial #Pattern #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Fibrosis H - Hypersensitivity ... pulmonary apices caused ... by a rigid chest ... pneumonitis - Allergic ... lung #diseases #differential
Subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in the subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
ill-defined centrilobular nodules of ground-glass opacity
Subacute hypersensitivity ... opacity (80% of cases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Hypersensitivity ... Centrilobular #RadiologyAssistant