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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Thorax. 2019 Sep 26;74(12):1131–1139. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2018-212430

Table 2.

Visually identified patterns of CT Abnormalities in Scans with Probable or Definite Fibrotic ILD

Total with Fibrotic ILD 77
Cranio-caudal distribution
Upper 11 (14%)
Middle 5 (7%)
Lower 54 (70%)
Diffuse 4 (5%)
Not noted 3 (4%)
Axial distribution
Subpleural 67 (87%)
Diffuse 5 (6.5%)
Peribronchovasular 2 (2.5%)
Not noted 3 (4%)
Honeycombing? 12 (15.6%)
CT pattern *
UIP 59 (77.7%)
Possible 41 (70%)
Probable 9 (15%)
Definite 9 (15%)
NSIP 45 (58.4%)
Possible 41 (91%)
Probable 2 (4%)
Definite 2 (4%)
Sarcoidosis 3 (3.9%)
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (Possible) 14 (18.2%)
*

Because a confident single diagnosis was relatively uncommon, most cases included consideration of several patterns. For this reason, the percentages add up to more than 100%.