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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 ... Lobar consolidation ... - Diffuse consolidation ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
to look at the pattern ... - Lobar or focal ... more than one pattern ... For instance a lobar ... #Lobar #Diffuse
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Tuberculosis - Patterns ... - Lobar consolidation ... Innumerable, bilateral, diffusely ... Tuberculosis #TB #Patterns ... #chest #xray #clinical
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
pattern The algorithm ... are visible, the pattern ... the nodules are diffuse ... #NodularPattern ... #Nodular #Pattern
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
with a nodular pattern ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Nodular #Pattern ... #NodularPattern ... #Differential #Comparison
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
of these four patterns ... substances resulting in lobar ... , diffuse or multifocal ... ill-defined opacities ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Lobar atelectasis or lobar collaps is an important finding on a chest x-ray and has a
Lobar atelectasis ... important finding on a chest ... produces only mild ... #Collapse #Patterns ... #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
characterized by diffuse ... The histologic pattern ... or patchy consolidation ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Basic Interpretation
A structured approach to interpretation of HRCT involves the following questions:
What is the dominant HR-pattern:
reticular
nodular
high
the dominant HR-pattern ... (ground-glass, consolidation ... Pulmonary #HRCT #CTChest ... Interpretation #Algorithm ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant