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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 15.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Cancer Res. 2016 Aug 17;22(24):6051–6060. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-16-1320

Table 2.

CT findings and radiographic patterns of PD-1 pneumonitis

Pt Extent Distribution Lobar involvement Specific CT findings Radiographic pattern
Upper Middle Lower
1 5–25% 5–25% 25–50% Peripheral and lower All lobes GGOs, reticular opacities, consolidations NSIP
2 >50% >50% >50% Diffuse All lobes GGOs, reticular opacities, consolidations, traction BE, centrilobular nodularity AIP/ARDS
3 25–50% >50% >50% Diffuse All lobes GGOs, reticular opacities, consolidations, traction BE AIP/ARDS
4 None <5% 5–25% Mixed and lower RLL GGOs, reticular opacities NSIP
5 5–25% 25–50% >50% Peripheral and lower All lobes GGOs, reticular opacities, consolidations COP
6 5–25% 5–25% 5–25% Mixed and multifocal LUL, lingual, LLL GGOs, reticular opacities, consolidations, COP
7 5–25% 5–25% <5% Mixed and multifocal All lobes GGOs, reticular opacities COP
8 >50% 25–50% 25–50% Diffuse All lobes GGOs, reticular opacities HP
9 5–25% 5–25% 25–50% Peripheral and lower All lobes GGOs, reticular opacities, consolidations COP
10 <5% 5–25% 25–50% Peripheral and lower All lobes GGOs, reticular opacities, consolidations NSIP
11 25–50% 25–50% >50% Mixed and multifocal All lobes GGOs, reticular opacities, COP
12 >50% >50% >50% Diffuse All lobes GGOs, centrilobular nodularity HP
13 >50% >50% 25–50% Mixed and upper All lobes GGOs, reticular opacities, COP
14 25–50% 25–50% >50% Mixed and multifocal All lobes GGOs, reticular opacities, COP
15 25–50% 25–50% 25–50% Peripheral and multifocal All lobes GGOs, reticular opacities, consolidations COP
16 5–25% 5–25% 25–50% Mixed and multifocal All lobes GGOs, reticular opacities, consolidations COP
17 <5% <5% 5–25% Mixed and lower RLL, LLL GGOs, reticular opacities, consolidations COP
18 5–25% 5–25% >50% Mixed and multifocal All lobes GGOs, reticular opacities, consolidations COP
19 None 5–25% 5–25% Mixed and multifocal LLL GGOs, reticular opacities, consolidations COP
20 5–25% 25–50% 25–50% Mixed and multifocal RUL, RML, LLL GGOs, reticular opacities, centrilobular nodularity COP

GGO: ground-glass opacities

NSIP: non-specific interstitial pneumonia

AIP/ARDS: acute interstitial pneumonia/acute respiratory distress syndrome

COP: cryptogenic organizing pneumonia

HP: hypersensitivity pneumonitis

RUL: right upper lobe

RLL: right lower lobe

LUL: left upper lobe

LLL: left lower lobe