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Tree-in-Bud Sign on Chest CT
 • Multiple centrilobular nodules arranged in a linear branching pattern.
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Tree-in-Bud Sign ... linear branching pattern ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical #tree
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern ... throughout the lungs ... differential #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical ... #CT
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
is a fibrotic lung ... Calcification (seen in CT ... typical eggshell pattern ... #radiology #CXR ... XRay #labeled #pulmonary
It can be difficult to distinguish these three entities.
There are two diagnostic hints for further differentiation:
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distinguish these three ... penicillamine) #Clinical ... #Radiology #CTChest ... MosaicAttenuation #Mosaic ... #Attenuation #Comparison
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
This patient’s clinical ... a chest x-ray (CXR ... chest radiograph pattern ... not seen on a CXR ... #Lung #Pulmonary