Filling Defect, Pulmonary Artery Jeffrey P. Kanne, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Pulmonary Emboli Less Common Tumor Embolism Rare but Important Abnormal Tubes and Catheters Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma Air Embolism ESSENTIAL…
Reticular Pattern Eric J. Stern, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) Pulmonary Edema Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonitis (NSIP) Connective Tissue Diseases Scleroderma Rheumatoid Arthritis Sarcoidosis Asbestosis Less Common Chronic…
Cyst(S) Jeffrey P. Kanne, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Emphysema Pneumatoceles Less Common Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Lymphocytic Interstitial Pneumonia Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Coccidioidomycosis Rare but Important Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Cystic…
Upper Lung Zone Disease Distribution Jud W. Gurney, MD, FACR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Post-Primary Tuberculosis Sarcoidosis Centrilobular Emphysema Bronchiolitis, Respiratory Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Less Common Silicosis/Coal Worker’s Pneumoconiosis Chronic Hypersensitivity…
Peripheral (Subpleural) Lung Disease Distribution Jonathan H. Chung, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Pneumonia Lung Cancer Rounded Atelectasis Septic Emboli Pulmonary Contusions Less Common Pulmonary Infarction Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Chronic Eosinophilic…
Pulmonary Arterial Enlargement Sudhakar Pipavath, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Pulmonic Valvular Stenosis (Post-Stenotic Dilatation) Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Less Common Takayasu Arteritis Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm Rare…
Ground-Glass Opacities Eric J. Stern, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Atypical Pneumonia Pneumocystis Pneumonia Viral Pneumonia Acute Airspace Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema Noncardiac Pulmonary Edema Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage (DAH) Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (HP)…
Random (Miliary) Distribution, Centrilobular Nodules Eric J. Stern, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Metastases, Hematogenous Metastases, Miliary Infection, Miliary Mycobacterial Fungal Viral Less Common Infectious Bronchiolitis Sarcoidosis Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Rare but…
Bronchovascular Distribution, Centrilobular Nodules Eric J. Stern, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Airways Disease Infectious Bronchiolitis Subacute Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Aspiration Respiratory Bronchiolitis Follicular Bronchiolitis Laryngeal Papillomatosis Vascular Disease Vasculitis Metastatic Pulmonary…
Honeycombing Jeffrey P. Kanne, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Usual Interstitial Pneumonia (UIP) Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonia (NSIP) Chronic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Less Common Sarcoidosis Asbestosis Rare but Important Acute Interstitial Pneumonia ESSENTIAL…
