Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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It is usually easy to recognize the pattern of UIP on HRCT. #Clinical #Radiology #CTChest #UIP
recognize the pattern ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #Interstitial # ... Pneumonitis #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
of these four patterns ... on a chest x-ray ... opacities - Fine Nodular ... Consolidation #Patterns ... #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
have specific patterns ... realise, that these patterns ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #ILD #Findings ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... : reticular, nodular ... On a Chest X-Ray ... #Pattern #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
pattern. 1. ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Nodular #Pattern ... NodularPattern #Differential ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
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pattern The algorithm ... bronchovascular interstitium ... Pulmonary #HRCT #CTChest ... #Nodules #Differential ... #Algorithm #RadiologyAssistant
Honeycombing represents the second reticular pattern recognizable on HRCT.
Because of the cystic appearance, honeycombing is also
second reticular pattern ... typical feature of usual ... interstitial pneumonia ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... UsualInterstitialPneumonia #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with GGO as dominant pattern.
In addition there is traction bronchiectasis indicating
pneumonia (NSIP ... As in UIP (usual ... interstitial pneumonia ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... GroundGlass #GGO #RadiologyAssistant
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
cells results in a pattern ... has a limited differential ... Nodular or irregular ... Pulmonary #HRCT #CTChest ... #RadiologyAssistant
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial ... pneumonia (AIP, ... The histologic pattern ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #RadiologyAssistant