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Chest XRay Interstitial Pattern - Differential Algorithm #Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR #Interstitial #Pattern #Differential #Algorithm #RadiologyAssistant
Chest XRay Interstitial ... Pattern - Differential ... Pulmonary #CXR #Interstitial ... #Pattern #Differential ... #Algorithm #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
Thickening of the interstitium ... the alveoli) or interstitial ... #GroundGlass #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... imaging findings in interstitial ... whether there is interstitial ... #Pattern #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
Thickening of the lung interstitium ... patients with interstitial ... has a limited differential ... SeptalThickening #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
CT will also demonstrate signs of congestive heart failure.
On the image on the left notice the
septal lines due to interstitial ... be high in the differential ... KerleyB #Kerley #Intersitial ... IntersitialEdema #Septal #RadiologyAssistant
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
bronchovascular interstitium ... MultipleNodules #Nodules #Differential ... #Algorithm #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangiomyomatosis:
Langerhans cell histiocytosis: > 90% are smokers, cysts have irregular shapes and the
Differential diagnosis ... Lymphoid interstitial ... #LAM #Cystic #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis. 
On the left multiple diseases showing septal thickening:
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular
Differential diagnosis ... bronchovascular interstitium ... Carcinomatosis #Mimic #Differential ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Multifocal
Multifocal consolidations are also described as multifocal ill-defined opacities or densities.
In most cases these are the
ill-defined densities is interstitial ... Consolidation #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
and non-specific interstitial ... disease in the differential ... DrugRelated #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant