Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
consolidation - Diffuse ... opacities - Fine Nodular ... interstitial opacities Nodule ... Solitary Pulmonary Nodule ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
the left some diseases ... pattern. 1. ... #Pattern #NodularPattern ... Differential #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Algorithm for Diagnosis of Diffuse Cystic Lung Disease (DCLD)
Round, smooth cysts with normal lung parenchyma in
Lung Disease (DCLD ... cysts along with nodules ... septal thickening & nodules ... , SS Cyst pattern ... presentations - ILD
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
: reticular, nodular ... low attenuation (table ... seen and in many cases ... UIP can be suspected ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Sarcoidosis
On a CXR sarcoidosis usually first presents with hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy (example).
Parenchymal disease can present
Parenchymal disease ... presentation is a fine nodules ... When these small nodules ... NodularInterstitial #Nodular ... #Interstitial #Pattern
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
resulting in lobar, diffuse ... opacities or small nodules ... . 3- Nodule or mass ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
diagnosis The table ... to look at the pattern ... lobar pneumonia caused ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 β€’ (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pneumonia β€’ (UIP ... Metastases to lung as nodules ... #ILD #Causes #Differential
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... listed in the table ... findings of NSIP, UIP ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
Wegener's granulomatosis
Wegener's is a collagen vascular disease with vasculitis involving the lung, kidney and sinuses.
In the
collagen vascular disease ... seen as multiple nodules ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Granulomatosis #Multifocal #Nodules ... #RadiologyAssistant