The purpose of this atlas is to illustrate how to achieve reliable diagnoses when confronted by the different abnormalities, or "disease patterns", that may be visualized on CT scans of the chest. The task of pattern recognition has been greatly facilitated by the advent of multidetector CT (MDCT), and the focus of the book is very much on the role of state-of-the-art MDCT. A wide range of disease patterns and distributions are covered, with emphasis on the typical imaging characteristics of the various focal and diffuse lung diseases. In addition, clinical information relevant to differential diagnosis is provided and the underlying gross and microscopic pathology is depicted, permitting CT-pathology correlation. The entire information relevant to each disease pattern is also tabulated for ease of reference. This book will be an invaluable handy tool that will enable the reader to quickly and easily reach a diagnosis appropriate to the pattern of lung abnormality identified on CT scans.

Chapter 1 Focal Lung Diseases

Ch 1-1 Nodule
Ch 1-1a Solid nodule
Ch 1-1b Ground-glass opacity nodule
Ch 1-2 Mass
Ch 1-3 Consolidation
Ch 1-3a Lobar consolidation
Ch 1-3b Nodular consolidation
Ch 1-4 Reticular or linear pattern
Ch 1-5 Comet tail sign
Ch 1-6 CT halo sign
Ch 1-7 Galaxy sign
Ch 1-8 Reversed halo sign
Ch 1-9 Tree-in-bud sign
Ch 1-10 Gloved-finger or tooth-paste sign
Ch 1-11 Decreased opacity with cystic airspace
Ch 1-11a Decreased opacity with cystic airspace wall, cavity
Ch 1-11b Decreased opacity with cystic airspace wall, cyst
Ch 1-12 Decreased opacity without cystic airspace
Ch 1-12a Decreased opacity without cystic airspace, mosaic perfusion
Ch 1-12 b Decreased opacity without cystic airspace, airway disease
Ch 1-12 Air crescent sign
Ch 1-13 signet ring sign
Chapter 2 Diffuse Lung Diseases
Ch 2-1 Interlobular septal thickening
Ch 2-1a Smooth thickening
Ch 2-1b Nodular thickening
Ch 2-2 Intralobular lines
Ch 2-2a Intralobular lines with reticulation
Ch 2-2b Intralobular lines with interlobular septal thickening
Ch 2-2c Intralobular lines with ground-glass opacity
Ch 2-3 Honeycombing
Ch 2-3a Honeycombing with subpleural or basal predominance
Ch 2-3b Honeycombing with upper lung zone predominance
Ch 2-4 Small nodular or micronodular pattern
Ch 2-4a Small nodular lesions with centrilobular distribution
Ch 2-4b Small nodular lesions with perilymphatic distribution
Ch 2-4c Small nodular lesions with random (military) distribution
Ch 2-4d Multiple nodular or mass or mass-like pattern
Ch 2-5 Ground-glass opacity with reticulation
Ch 2-5a Ground-glass opacity with reticulation and traction bronchiectasis
Ch 2-5b Crazy-paving appearance
Ch 2-6 Ground-glass opacity without reticulation
Ch 2-6a Ground-glass opacity without reticulation and peripheral or patchy distribution
Ch 2-6b Ground-glass opacity without reticulation and small nodules
Ch 2-6c Ground-glass opacity without reticulation and diffuse distribution
Ch 2-7 Consolidation
Ch 2-7a Consolidation with diffuse distribution
Ch 2-7b Consolidation with subpleural distribution
Ch 2-8 Decreased opacity with cystic airspace
Ch 2-8a Decreased opacity with cystic airspace and cystic wall (cavity and cysts)
Ch 2-8a1 Decreased opacity with cystic airspace and cystic wall, cavities
Ch 2-8a2 Decreased opacity with cystic airspace and cystic wall, cysts
Ch 2-8b Decreased opacity without cystic airspace but without wall (emphysema)
Ch 2-9 Decreased opacity without cystic airspace, mosaic attenuation
Ch 2-9a Decreased opacity without cystic airspace, vascular
Ch 2-9b Decreased opacity without cystic airspace, obstructive airway diseases
Ch 2-10 Decreased opacity without cystic airspace, airway diseases.