Difference between revisions of "Hypersensitivity pneumonitis"
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*Spares pleura | *Spares pleura | ||
*Air trapping ([[mosaic perfusion]]) | *Air trapping ([[mosaic perfusion]]) | ||
− | *Chronic '''head cheese''' appearance | + | *Chronic '''head cheese''' appearance on expiratory imaging due to three different attenuation, low (air-trapping), normal lung and denser |
*Upper lobe | *Upper lobe | ||
Latest revision as of 21:20, 20 June 2012
- Subacute - diffuse ground glass nodules in a cebtrilobular distribution
- Spares pleura
- Air trapping (mosaic perfusion)
- Chronic head cheese appearance on expiratory imaging due to three different attenuation, low (air-trapping), normal lung and denser
- Upper lobe
- Bird fancier's lung, farmer's lung
- Exposure to organic dust
- Fever, chills, cough, dyspnea