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Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
pattern The algorithm ... are visible, the pattern ... the nodules are diffuse ... Pulmonary #HRCT #CTChest ... NodularPattern #Nodular #Pattern
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
the result of air ... in ground glass pattern ... predominance: UIP ... distribution: Hypersensitivity ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Tuberculosis - Patterns ... Innumerable, bilateral, diffusely ... empyema - Air-fluid ... Tuberculosis #TB #Patterns ... #chest #xray #clinical
On the left a patient with ground glass pattern in a mosaic distribution.
Some lobules are involved
with ground glass pattern ... was typical for hypersensitivity ... Hypersensitivity ... confluent, HRCT shows diffuse ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
Here another case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
There is a mosaic pattern.
Some secundary lobules demonstrate ground-glass opacity due
another case of hypersensitivity ... There is a mosaic pattern ... bronchiolitis with air ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #Hypersensitivity
Subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in the subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
ill-defined centrilobular nodules of ground-glass opacity
Subacute hypersensitivity ... cases) or mosaic pattern ... bronchiolitis with air ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #Hypersensitivity
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
Chronic hypersensitivity ... scan: the mosaic pattern ... scan, indicating air ... with a mozaic pattern ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
On the left a patient with DIP.
The HRCT shows diffuse areas of ground-glass density in the
a patient with DIP ... The HRCT shows diffuse ... and some mosaic pattern ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #DIP #DesquamativeInterstitialPneumonia
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
interstitial pneumonia (AIP ... characterized by diffuse ... The histologic pattern ... characteristics are diffuse ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
Basic Interpretation
A structured approach to interpretation of HRCT involves the following questions:
What is the dominant HR-pattern:
reticular
nodular
high
Basic Interpretation ... the dominant HR-pattern ... Pulmonary #HRCT #CTChest ... #Interpretation ... #Algorithm #ILD