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Imaging Features of Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Published on: June 16, 2020
Chest radiographic evaluation of diffuse infiltrative lung disease: review of a dying art
1University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. miller2@rad.upenn.edu
Abstract:
The chest radiographic evaluation of interstitial lung diseases is among the most difficult tasks in radiology. The following article reviews one system of pattern recognition used in the differential diagnosis of interstitial lung disease. The patterns reviewed include three reticular patterns: The Peripheral Reticular pattern, the Cystic pattern and the Linear pattern and two other patterns: the Nodular pattern and the ground-glass pattern. The majority of interstitial lung diseases may be classified into one of these patterns, which allows for improved differential diagnosis.
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