Case 85: An Indeterminate Fibrosing ILD and the Power of Old Scans

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Index and Table of Contents
Technical and Practice Issues * Case 11: 62-years old misdiagnosed to have interstitial lung disease - mid-inspiratory and expiratory scans * Snippet 03: Radiation risk and CT chest * Case 23: 60-years old - 40-pack years smoker - right upper lobe nodule - resolved using “mean” reconstructions…

Case

This 65-years old non-smoker presented with gradually progressive breathlessness. The CT chest showed a fibrosing ILD. The diagnosis was not cleear.

However she had a bunch of old scans, starting from 2011. One look at the 2011 scan, and the diagnosis was obvious.

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