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
- Diffuse consolidation ... - Multifocal ill-defined ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 β€’ (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... leaking out of pulmonary ... Lung #Diseases #ILD ... #Causes #Differential
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... lobar pneumonia caused ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Consolidation
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
on a CXR. ... seen and in many cases ... UIP can be suspected ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Interstitial
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 β€’ Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... - Patterns of Involvement ... Innumerable, bilateral, diffusely ... empyema - Air-fluid ... clinical #radiology #CXR
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
. 1- Consolidation ... resulting in lobar, diffuse ... opacities. 2- Interstitial ... the amount of air ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial ... characterized by diffuse ... The histologic pattern ... or patchy consolidation ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... have specific patterns ... realise, that these patterns ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
pattern of pulmonary ... on the CXR. ... Here a CXR with ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Interstitial #
Multifocal
Multifocal consolidations are also described as multifocal ill-defined opacities or densities.
In most cases these are the
In most cases these ... to segmental, diffuse ... In some cases however ... densities is interstitial ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR