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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... seen and in many cases ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... Pattern #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
of these four patterns ... - Reticular interstitial ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Consolidation #Patterns ... #RadiologyAssistant
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
is a histologic pattern ... of pulmonary fibrosis ... to confirm the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Interstitial #
Reticular pattern 
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular septal thickening, usually focal or unilateral 50% adenopathy', known carcinoma.
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Reticular pattern ... peribronchovascular interstitium ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pattern #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
cells results in a pattern ... of reticular opacities ... diagnosis (Table ... pulmonary edema ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
with a nodular pattern ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... CTChest #Nodular #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
The distribution of nodules shown on HRCT is the most important factor in making an accurate
in the nodular pattern ... peribronchovascular interstitium ... #Pulmonary #HRCT ... NodularPattern #Nodular #Pattern ... Perilymphatic #Comparison
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... disease Interstitial ... and obstructive pattern ... #Differential # ... Causes
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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tract, and often causes ... purpura, livedo reticularis ... inflammatory lesions-interstitial ... - (C-ANCA) pattern ... - (P-ANCA) pattern
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
chest film is a reticular ... patern and that's ... recognized that this pattern ... was caused by multiple ... diagnosis in this