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
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... low attenuation (table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Diastolic Function Grading - Schematic diastolic filling patterns

I: impaired relaxation, II: moderate diastolic dysfunction (pseudonormal), III:
diastolic filling patterns ... atrium, PASP: pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Classification #Grades #Criteria ... #Table #Assessment
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
of these four patterns ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Masses Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 β€’ Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
 β€’
Miliary Pattern ... throughout the lungs ... Differential Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... leading to increased pulmonary ... Berlin criteria ... detected on CT or CXR ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 β€’ Morphology
 β€’ Geography, Reservoir and Mode
inoculation β€’ Clinical ... reticulonodular patterns ... presentation of TB, lung ... Radiographic pattern ... β€’ Management
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
) Day 2 - some pulmonary ... involvement, with β€œwhite lung ... the differential diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #ChestXRay
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
listed in the table ... have specific patterns ... realise, that these patterns ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
of pulmonary fibrosis ... particularly at the lung ... to confirm the diagnosis ... at the lung bases ... #Clinical #Radiology
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
lucencies within the lung ... visible wall #CXR ... #Differential #Table ... #Pulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Radiology