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Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
Interstitial pneumonias ... most frequently caused ... The other cause ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
The idiopathic interstitial ... pneumonias (IIPs ... indicates unknown cause ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... ILD #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
- Reticular interstitial ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... the differential diagnosis ... caused by streptococcus ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... this is nodular interstitial ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Patients • Diffuse Interstitial ... Influenza, Lymphocytic interstitial ... complex • Nodular/Masses ... #differential #diagnosis ... #chestCT #radiology
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... imaging findings in interstitial ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
multiple ill-defined masses ... the differential diagnosis ... Biopsy revealed the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP #RadiologyAssistant
#radiology #ctchest #differential

Differential Diagnosis of Ground-glass Opacity.

Some abbreviations
HP: Hypersensitive pneumonitis
DIP: Desquamative interstitial pneumonia
PAP: Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
MIA:
#radiology #ctchest ... Differential Diagnosis ... : Desquamative interstitial ... pneumonia PAP:
The case on the left shows subpleural honeycomb cysts in several contiguous layers.
There is also a
The case on the ... typical for Usual Interstitial ... Pneumonia (UIP) ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Honeycombing #RadiologyAssistant