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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
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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Lung cysts (LAM, LIP ... basis of HRCT findings ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... LowAttenuation #Differential
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
indicates unknown cause ... of NSIP, UIP, OP ... and LIP have been ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
fibrosis as in UIP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Consolidation #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial ... pneumonia (AIP, ... AIP. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP #
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 #
On the left a patient with GGO as dominant pattern.
In addition there is traction bronchiectasis indicating
As in UIP (usual ... from that seen in UIP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #NSIP ... #NonspecificInterstitialPneumonia
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
cells results in a pattern ... a predominant finding ... pulmonary edema ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
The predominant finding is ground glass opacity (GGO).
There is very subtle traction bronchiectasis, indicating that the
The predominant finding ... distribution of UIP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #NSIP ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant