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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... lung disease comes ... UIP can be suspected ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
volume loss and fibrotic ... densities caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
bronchiolitis #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #GGO # ... #GroundGlass #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
chronic HP (right) Differential ... diagnosis of Hypersensitivity ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Chronic #HypersensitivityPneumonitis ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
pattern of pulmonary fibrosis ... to confirm the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #Reticular ... #Interstitial #
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... combinations of fibrosis ... findings of NSIP, UIP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
proteinosis and other diseases ... included in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Chronic ... #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
film is a reticular ... this pattern was caused ... diagnosis in this ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
: • Cystic fibrosis ... tracheobronchomegaly) • Hypersensitivity ... no evidence of cystic ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial ... with subsequent fibrosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP # ... #RadiologyAssistant