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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... there are four patterns ... low attenuation (table ... seen and in many cases
Figure 3 HRCT-LUS correlation in normal lung, pulmonary congestion, rheumatoid lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Notes: (A)
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ... arrow); (E) NSIP fibrotic ... artifact); (G) UIP pattern ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Correlation #Table
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... combinations of fibrosis ... listed in the table ... have specific patterns ... realise, that these patterns
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
Progressive Massive Fibrosis ... Silicosis is a fibrotic ... lung disease caused ... typical eggshell pattern ... #Silicosis #clinical
Personality Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
• Enduring pattern of experience and behaviour that deviates from cultural
• Enduring pattern ... control • The pattern ... situations • The pattern ... functioning • The pattern ... adolescence • The pattern
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
is a histologic pattern ... of pulmonary fibrosis ... at the lung bases ... This pattern was ... #Clinical #Radiology
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... and obstructive pattern ... tumoral obstruction, fibrosing ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Causes
B-Lines in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Lung comets are usually seen in wet lungs, but do not forget that
B-Lines in Pulmonary Fibrosis ... Lung comets are ... is an important differential ... In the latter case ... comets #tails #clinical
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Ground-glass opacity is nonspecific, but highly significant finding since 60-80% of patients with ground-glass opacity on
potentially treatable lung ... the lung disease ... the ground-glass pattern ... the result of fibrosis ... #Clinical #Radiology
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
patients with a UIP pattern ... or NSIP pattern ... consider drug-related lung ... disease in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology