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The CXR demonstrates a reticular interstitial pattern with a preference at the lung bases.
The HRCT demonstrates
preference at the lung bases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #CTChest ... Bronchiectasis #TractionBronchiectasis ... #RadiologyAssistant
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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#Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... LowAttenuation #Differential ... #Honeycombing #TractionBronchiectasis ... Emphysema #SignetRing #RadiologyAssistant
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 ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #GGO # ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... Pattern #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
on a chest x-ray ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
pattern of pulmonary ... fibrosis. ... to confirm the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Interstitial #
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
Even fibrosis as ... in UIP, NSIP and ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... combinations of fibrosis ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... ILD #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
like idiopathic pulmonary ... patients with a UIP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #DrugRelated #Fibrosis ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with GGO as dominant pattern.
In addition there is traction bronchiectasis indicating
This case is one ... As in UIP (usual ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #NSIP ... GroundGlass #GGO #RadiologyAssistant