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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 ... , NSIP, DIP. - Centrilobular ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #GGO # ... #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
The idiopathic interstitial ... , UIP, OP and LIP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Idiopathic #Interstitial
On the left a patient with GGO as dominant pattern.
In addition there is traction bronchiectasis indicating
As in UIP (usual ... NSIP may be idiopathic ... from that seen in UIP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #NSIP
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... UIP can be suspected ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... Pattern #Differential
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
UIP UIP is a histologic ... pattern of pulmonary ... to confirm the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Interstitial #
In the images on your left you can appreciate again the spectrum of findings seen in
, excluding UIP ... as diagnosis. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #NSIP ... #RadiologyAssistant
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
pneumonia (AIP, ... HRCT findings in AIP ... AIP. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP #
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... pattern, irregular ... interstitial pneumonia ... #ILD #diagnosis ... #management
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
pulmonary fibrosis ... patients with a UIP ... pattern or NSIP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #DrugInduced
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
This patient’s clinical ... exam findings and clinical ... radiograph pattern ... Most commonly caused ... #Radiology #CTChest