title: Radiographic evaluation of diffuse interstitial lung disease: review of a dying art.
abstract: The chest radiographic interpretation of interstitial lung disease is discussed by using a pattern approach. Patterns discussed are the Peripheral Reticular, Linear, Cystic, Nodular, and Ground-glass. The radiographic characteristics of each pattern are described, and the causes of each pattern are reviewed with attention to their usual clinical presentation. An understanding of the characteristic radiographic manifestations of various interstitial lung diseases can lead to improved diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. miller2@rad.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Wallace T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging