Table 1. High-resolution computed tomography criteria for usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) pattern.
UIP pattern (all four features) | Possible UIP pattern (all three features) | Inconsistent with UIP pattern (any of the features) |
Subpleural, basal predominance | Subpleural, basal predominance | Upper or mid-lung predominance |
Reticular abnormality | Reticular abnormality | Peribronchovascular predominance |
Honeycombing with or without traction bronchiectasis | Absence of features listed as inconsistent with UIP pattern | Extensive ground-glass abnormality (extent > reticular abnormality) |
Absence of features listed as inconsistent with UIP pattern | Profuse micronodules (bilateral, predominantly upper lobes) | |
Discrete cysts (multiple, bilateral, away from areas of honeycombing) | ||
Diffuse mosaic attenuation/air-trapping (bilateral and in ≥3 lobes) | ||
Consolidation in bronchopulmonary segment(s)/lobe(s) |
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