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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
in interstitial lung ... low attenuation (table ... is interstitial lung ... The cystic pattern ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
Low Attenuation pattern ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Pattern #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
Low Attenuation pattern ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Pattern #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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The fourth pattern ... on the basis of HRCT ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Differential #Diagram #Comparison
High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
High Attenuation pattern ... result of massive fibrosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Comparison #Table
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
High Attenuation pattern ... end-stage with massive fibrosis ... consolidation #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Comparison #Table
Nodular pattern(2)
1. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic distribution, along fissures, adenopathy.
2. TB: Tree-in-bud appearance in a patient
Nodular pattern( ... before the typical cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Comparison #Table
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 ... in ground glass pattern ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Ground-glass opacity is nonspecific, but highly significant finding since 60-80% of patients with ground-glass opacity on
the cases the lung ... the ground-glass pattern ... two cases with GGO ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #GroundGlass
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
of pulmonary fibrosis ... On a chest X-ray ... A HRCT is needed ... at the lung bases ... #Clinical #Radiology