Items tagged “infectiousdisease”
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Interstitial lung disease
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is an umbrella term that encompasses a large number of disorders that are characterized by diffuse cellular infiltrates in a periacinar location. The spectrum of conditions included is broad, ranging from occasional self-limited inflammatory processes to severe de...
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Reticular and linear pulmonary opacification
In chest radiology, reticular and linear opacification refers to a broad subgroup of pulmonary opacification caused by a decrease in the gas to soft tissue ratio due to a pathological process centered in or around the pulmonary interstitium. This includes thickening of any of the interstitial co...
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Reticular interstitial pattern
Reticular interstitial pattern is one of the patterns of linear opacification in the lung. It can either mean a plain film or HRCT/CT feature.
Pathology
Causes
Reticulation can be subdivided by the size of the intervening pulmonary lucency into fine, medium and coarse. Diseases with a predom...
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Chlamydia pneumonia
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05 Aug 2011
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Left upper lobe consolidation - pneumonia
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11 Sep 2011
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Left lower lobe pneumonia
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11 Sep 2011
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Pneumonia - right middle lobe
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11 Sep 2011
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Pneumonia - right lower lobe
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11 Sep 2011
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Pneumonia - right middle lobe
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31 Oct 2011
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Sarcoidosis and concomitant pneumonia
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31 Oct 2011
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Right upper lobe pneumonia
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15 Dec 2011
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Middle lobe pneumonia
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15 Dec 2011
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Middle lobe consolidation - pneumonia
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03 Jan 2012
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Right lower and middle lobe pneumonia, middle lobe dystelectasis
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12 Jan 2012
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Segmental pneumonia
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24 Jan 2012
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Cerebellar abscess
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05 Feb 2012
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Interstitial lung pattern (radiograph)
An interstitial lung pattern is a regular descriptive term used when reporting a plain chest radiograph. It is the result of the age-old attempt to make the distinction between an interstitial and airspace (alveolar) process to narrow the differential diagnosis.
A re-read of the timeless work o...
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Adult chest radiograph common exam pathology
Adult chest radiograph common exam pathology is essential to consider in the build up to radiology exams. The list of potential diagnoses is apparently endless, but there are some favorites that seem to appear with more frequency.
When dealing with the adult chest radiograph in the exam setting...
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Diffuse pulmonary hemorrhage
Diffuse pulmonary hemorrhage (DPH) is a subtype of pulmonary hemorrhage where bleeding into the lung is diffuse (cf. focal pulmonary hemorrhage). If the bleeding is into the alveolar spaces, it can be further subclassified as diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH).
Epidemiology
Associations
pulmon...
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Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia
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31 Mar 2012
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