Exogenous lipoid pneumonia: when radiologist makes the difference.
Diletta CozziAlessandra BindiEdoardo CavigliAnna Maria GrossoSilvia LuvaràNoemi MorelliChiara MoroniRosamaria PiperioVittorio MieleMaurizio BartolucciPublished in: La Radiologia medica (2020)
Pulmonary alterations found in HRCT exams can be confused with other lung diseases (especially lung tumors) and they are always a challenge even for the most experienced radiologist. In our experience, although non-specific, consolidation areas with low HU values and crazy-paving pattern are frequently associated in ELP. These characteristics should alert the radiologist to consider ELP among the possible differential diagnoses, always correlating the results of CT examination with appropriate clinical-laboratory evaluations and an accurate anamnesis.