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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
Nodule or mass ... - Solitary Pulmonary ... Masses Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
Algorithm for nodular ... bronchovascular interstitium ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT ... Differential #Algorithm #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
Thickening of the interstitium ... resolution of the HRCT ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... patterns: reticular, nodular ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
The distribution of nodules shown on HRCT is the most important factor in making an accurate
shown on HRCT is ... making an accurate diagnosis ... peribronchovascular interstitium ... #Pulmonary #HRCT ... Comparison #Diagram #RadiologyAssistant
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
diseases with a nodular ... Respiratory bronchiolitis ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
pulmonary edema ... Nodular or irregular ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... irregular lines, nodular ... , cavities • HRCT ... Organizing Pneumonia - Diagnosis ... #ILD #diagnosis
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
Pulmonary hemorrhage ... in fact this is nodular ... interstitial lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... Consolidation #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
nodules and masses ... toxicity (e.g., acute respiratory ... • Reticular + Nodular ... pneumonitis Diagnosis ... confirmatory findings on HRCT