5 results
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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The fourth pattern ... Lung cysts (LAM, LIP ... ) - Bronchiectasis ... low attenuation pattern ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
in ground glass pattern ... predominance: UIP ... , NSIP, DIP. - Centrilobular ... #CTChest #GGO # ... #GroundGlass #Differential
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... or honeycombing ... UIP can be suspected ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Pattern #Differential
On the left a patient with GGO as dominant pattern.
In addition there is traction bronchiectasis indicating
as dominant pattern ... of the possible patterns ... As in UIP (usual ... from that seen in UIP ... #GGO #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
is a reticular patern ... recognized that this pattern ... diagnosis in this ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #