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High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
High-Res Chest CT ... Patterns - Differential ... Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis ... #CT #Patterns # ... #pulmonary #radiology
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
the left some diseases ... before the typical cysts ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... NodularPattern #Differential ... #Comparison #Table
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
HP (right) Differential ... Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis ... In chronic HP fibrotic ... #CTChest #UIP # ... Comparison #Chronic
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Radiation C - Cystic ... Fibrosis H - ... aspergillosis - Chronic ... #differential # ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
idiopathic interstitial pneumonias ... combinations of fibrosis ... listed in the table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
chronic hypersensitivity ... pneumonitis and ... in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #DrugInduced
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
fibrosis • Aspiration ... no evidence of cystic ... fibrosis) Physical ... CT) • Broncho-arterial ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
Chronic hypersensitivity ... proteinosis and other diseases ... included in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Chronic
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • Chronic ... Pneumonitis 3. ... CT Lung Abscess ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential