RADIOGRAPHY REVIEW: THE INTERSTITIAL PATTERN OF PULMONARY DISEASE |
| |
| Authors: | Wendy Myer |
| |
| Institution: | Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, The Ohio State University, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, 1935 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210, where Dr. Myer is an Assistant Professor of Radiology. |
| |
| Abstract: | The interstitium supports and surrounds the blood vessels, lymph vessels, bronchi, and alveoli. One of the most common interstitial lung patterns is that of multiple, variably sized distinct nodules. Pulmonary granulomas, abscesses, and neoplasms usually have this radiographic appearance. Other interstitial patterns result from the summation of multiple areas of diseased perivascular and peribronchial interstitial tissue and/or alveolar septa. Diseases characterized by this unstructured increase in pulmonary density include pulmonary fibrosis, early dirofilariasis, interstitial edema, viral pneumonia, and certain types of metastatic neoplasia. |
| |
| Keywords: | thoracic radiography interstitial lung disease dog |
|
|
