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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
there are four patterns ... low attenuation (table ... The cystic pattern ... When the cysts have ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
with a nodular pattern ... before the typical cysts ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #Nodular ... #Pattern #NodularPattern
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
pattern The algorithm ... are visible, the pattern ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #NodularPattern ... #Nodular #Pattern
Diastolic Function Grading - Schematic diastolic filling patterns

I: impaired relaxation, II: moderate diastolic dysfunction (pseudonormal), III:
Diastolic Function Grading ... diastolic filling patterns ... #Dysfunction #Grading ... #Classification ... Grades #Criteria #Table
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 ... attenuation (emphysema, cystic ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Interpretation #Algorithm
Fleischner Society recommendations for follow-up of nodules
Previous chest radiographs should be reviewed to determine if the
lesion has been stable ... can be slower growing ... with a benign pattern ... Management #Radiology #CTChest ... Society #Followup #Pulmonary