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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 ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
- Reticular interstitial ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
Diagnosis Framework ... Reticular: • ... Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary ... #radiology
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
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
by fluid, fibrous ... lung disease, it ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #Reticular ... #RadiologyAssistant
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
with airspace disease ... Even fibrosis as ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... combinations of fibrosis ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
volume loss and fibrotic ... densities caused ... thick walls of the cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
histologic pattern of pulmonary ... fibrosis. ... to confirm the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Interstitial #
Tree-in-bud almost always indicates the presence of:
Endobronchial spread of infection (TB, MAC, any bacterial bronchopneumonia)
Airway disease
with infection (cystic ... fibrosis, bronchiectasis ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #RadiologyAssistant