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UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
pattern of pulmonary ... fibrosis. ... attributed to chronic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #Reticular
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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cysts (LAM, LIP ... on the basis of HRCT ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Differential #Diagram #Comparison
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
similar HRCT findings ... In chronic HP fibrotic ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #UIP # ... Comparison #Chronic
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
Fibrosis and parenchymal ... The HRCT shows a ... existing irreversible fibrosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
Chronic eosinophilic ... end-stage with massive fibrosis ... consolidation #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... HighAttenuation #Pattern #Comparison
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
resolution of the HRCT ... or interstitial lung ... predominance: UIP ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
in interstitial lung ... is interstitial lung ... in many cases UIP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
combinations of fibrosis ... morphologic findings on HRCT ... findings of NSIP, UIP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
The CXR demonstrates a reticular interstitial pattern with a preference at the lung bases.
The HRCT demonstrates
The CXR demonstrates ... preference at the lung ... The HRCT demonstrates ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #CTChest
Progressive Massive Fibrosis on Chest X-Ray
In a construction worker presenting with shortness of breath.
Progressive Massive Fibrosis
on Chest X-Ray ... is a chronic interstitial ... lung disease with ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... silicosis #clinical #radiology