Open AccessInterstitial lung markings on HRCT Chest
Author(s) -
Aamer Shaukat,
A. Shaukat,
Khawaja Khurshid Ahmad,
Muhammad Ali
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
annals of king edward medical university
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2079-7192
pISSN - 2079-0694
DOI - 10.21649/akemu.v9i4.1378
Subject(s) - medicine , thickening , differential diagnosis , radiology , pleural thickening , lung , interstitial lung disease , pathology , computed tomography , chemistry , polymer science
We undertook this study, with the objective of identifying various patterns through which the thickness of interstitium present. 25 patients of interstitial thickness on HRCT were taken. Interstitial thickening was subdivided into three groups. Smooth, Nodular and Irregular. Through this we narrowed the differential diagnosis list and helped the clinician in guiding through the diagnosis. 16 patients had irregular thickening , 5 had nodular thickening.