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Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
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pattern The algorithm ... perilymphatic, random and centrilobular ... distribution is likely centrilobular ... the nodules are diffuse ... HRCT #CTChest #NodularPattern
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 ... #NodularPattern ... Differential #Comparison #Table
Nodular pattern
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary TB: random nodules
3. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic
Nodular pattern ... pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular ... #Clinical #Radiology ... CTChest #Nodular #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table
Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
Low Attenuation pattern ... Centrilobular emphysema ... Notice the centrilobular ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Comparison #Table
On the left a patient with ground glass pattern in a mosaic distribution.
Some lobules are involved
with ground glass pattern ... in a mosaic distribution ... presents with centrilobular ... confluent, HRCT shows diffuse ... #Clinical #Radiology
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
Low Attenuation pattern ... Centrilobular emphysema ... #Clinical #Radiology ... LowAttenuation #Cystic #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table
Subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in the subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
ill-defined centrilobular nodules of ground-glass opacity
are: ill-defined centrilobular ... 80% of cases) or mosaic ... pattern of a combination ... are ill-defined centrilobular ... #Clinical #Radiology
On the left a patient with DIP.
The HRCT shows diffuse areas of ground-glass density in the
The HRCT shows diffuse ... lobes and some mosaic ... pattern as the ... cessation of smoking #Clinical