
Snippet 07: CT Signs Suggesting a CTD-ILD
CT scan signs that strongly suggest the likelihood of an underlying connective tissue disease
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CT scan signs that strongly suggest the likelihood of an underlying connective tissue disease
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DPO is a pattern…of nodular, mixed or dendriform subpleural ossific areas, a CT marker of CiOP, idiopathic or secondary to other fibrosing ILDs. Clinically, this may be an ILA if asymptomatic or part of an ILD if symptomatic.
When multiple nodules are seen in a patient with RA, it is necessary to rule out infection, neoplasm and associated vasculitis before labeling them as rheumatoid nodules