Reticular patterns (differential)

Question 1

What does the word reticular mean?

Answer 1

What does the word reticular mean?

Question 2

Reticularnodular patterns are a result from

Answer 2

difffuse infiltrative lung disease

Question 3

cases of ground glass opacification predominant are more responsive to what

Answer 3

steroids

Question 4

What are the features of established fibrosis?

Answer 4

Interlobular septal thickening
Honeycombing
Traction bronchiectasis

Question 5

What is traction bronchiectasis?

Answer 5

Irregular bronchial and bronchiolar dilatation caused by surrounding retractile pulmonary fibrosis.

Question 6

CXR differentials of reticular patterns

Answer 6

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) - MOST COMMON
Fibrosis due to collagen vascular diseases
Asbestosis
Drug induced fibrosis
Lymphangitis carcinomatosa
Chronic extrinsic allergic alveolitis (EAA)
Fibrosis due to old tuberculous infection
Sarcoidosis
Pneumoconioses
Radiation induced fibrosis

Question 7

cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis’ (CFA) is synonymous with

Answer 7

IPF

Question 8

underlying pathological process in most cases of IPF is

Answer 8

usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP)

Question 9

characteristic findings in IPF are of

Answer 9

diffuse linear or reticular pattern obscuring normal vessels, which predominates at the periphery and lung bases

Question 10

collagen vascular disease includes

Answer 10

rheumatoid lung disease (RLD), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), polymyositis, dermatomyositis and systemic sclerosis (SS).

Question 11

Necrobiotic rheumatoid nodules may also be seen in

Answer 11

RLD

Question 12

Pleural effusions are a common associated feature of

Answer 12

RLD and SLE

Question 13

Oesophageal dilatation may be visible in

Answer 13

SS and CREST syndrome