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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
lung disease comes ... from HRCT. ... On HRCT there are ... On a Chest X-Ray ... lung disease and
Diagnostic algorithm for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, in part adapted from the ATS/ERS consensus statement. HRCT =
Diagnostic algorithm ... HRCT = high-resolution ... computerised tomography; ILD ... = interstitial ... lung disease; IPF
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
Algorithm for nodular ... pattern The algorithm ... bronchovascular interstitium ... Radiology #Pulmonary #HRCT ... #CTChest #NodularPattern
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
specific patterns ... morphologic findings on HRCT ... realise, that these patterns ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
Thickening of the interstitium ... resolution of the HRCT ... lung disease (i.e ... in ground glass pattern ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest
The distribution of nodules shown on HRCT is the most important factor in making an accurate
nodules shown on HRCT ... peribronchovascular interstitium ... distribution In certain diseases ... structures of the lung ... #NodularPattern
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
Thickening of the lung ... cells results in a pattern ... lung disease, it ... Radiology #Pulmonary #HRCT ... #CTChest #Reticular
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial ... rare idiopathic lung ... The histologic pattern ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD