Table 1 Differential diagnosis of the crazy-paving pattern
From: The crazy-paving pattern: a radiological-pathological correlation
Acute diseases | Subacute/chronic diseases |
|---|---|
Pulmonary oedema | Usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) |
Pulmonary infection (bacterial, viral, pneumocystis jiroveci, mycoplasma) | Non-specific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) |
Pulmonary haemorrhage | Alveolar proteinosis |
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP) | Organising pneumonia |
Adult (acute) respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) | Vasculitis (Churg-Strauss syndrome) |
Radiation pneumonitis | Eosinophilic pneumonia (chronic) |
Eosinophilic pneumonia | Tumour |
| Â | Lymphangitic spread of tumour |
| Â | Sarcoidosis |
| Â | Lipid pneumonia |
| Â | Alveolar microlithiasis |
| Â | Barium aspiration |