Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
low attenuation (table ... common pattern ... The cystic pattern ... seen and in many cases ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
with a nodular pattern ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... CTChest #Nodular #Pattern ... #NodularPattern
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
of these four patterns ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... Consolidation #Patterns
Cystic versus Reticular
It can be difficult to determine whether we are dealing with a reticular pattern
with a reticular pattern ... or a cystic pattern ... or a reticular pattern ... In many of such cases ... #Clinical #Radiology
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
is a histologic pattern ... of pulmonary fibrosis ... as a reticular pattern ... This pattern was ... #Clinical #Radiology
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
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
fibrotic lung disease caused ... typical eggshell pattern ... Fibrosis #Silicosis #clinical ... #radiology #CXR ... XRay #labeled #pulmonary
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
is a reticular patern ... recognized that this pattern ... was caused by multiple ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
This patient’s clinical ... exam findings and clinical ... a chest x-ray (CXR ... chest radiograph pattern ... not seen on a CXR