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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
reticular, nodular ... On a Chest X-Ray ... detected on a chest ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
of these four patterns ... on a chest x-ray ... #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... Consolidation #Patterns
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
On a chest X-ray ... at the lung bases ... a reticular pattern ... at the lung bases ... #Clinical #Radiology
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
lung disease caused ... coalescence of the nodules ... typical eggshell pattern ... #clinical #radiology ... #CXR #Chest #XRay
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
cells results in a pattern ... Kerley B lines on chest ... Nodular or irregular ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT
Tree-in-Bud Sign on Chest CT
 • Multiple centrilobular nodules arranged in a linear branching pattern.
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on Chest CT • ... centrilobular nodules ... linear branching pattern ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern ... - Chest Radiology ... small (1 -4 mm) nodules ... #Chest #Radiology ... #pulmonary #CXR
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
between these chest ... in fact this is nodular ... interstitial lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
embolism Pathophysiology ... Plexiform-lesion formation Clinical ... not specific • Chest ... mosaic parenchymal pattern ... Ventilation-perfusion lung
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
granulomas within the lungs ... renal failure Clinical ... e.g. incidental CXR ... , cough, chest pain ... pernio, papules, nodules