The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias: understanding key radiological features.
Many radiologists find it challenging to distinguish between the different interstitial idiopathic pneumonias (IIPs). The British Thoracic Society guidelines on interstitial lung disease (2008) recommend the formation of multidisciplinary meetings, with diagnoses made by combined radiological, pathological, and clinical findings. This review focuses on understanding typical and atypical radiological features on high-resolution computed tomography between the different IIPs, to help the radiologist determine when a confident diagnosis can be made and how to deal with uncertainty.
Dixon
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Department of Radiology, The Churchill Hospital, Old Road, Oxford, UK.
Benamore
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D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D054988:Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000592:standards*