10Miliary Nodules*
CLINICAL IMAGAGING
AN ATLAS OF DIFFERENTIAL DAIGNOSIS
EISENBERG
DR. Muhammad Bin Zulfiqar
PGR-FCPS III SIMS/SHL
• Fig C 10-1 Tuberculosis.
• Fig C 10-2 Coccidioidomycosis. Coned view of the left lung shows a
diffuse pattern of fine nodules simulating miliary tuberculosis.
• Fig C 10-3 Histoplasmosis. (A) Frontal and (B)
lateral views.
• Fig C 10-4 Metastatic thyroid carcinoma. (A)
Multiple fine miliary nodules scattered
throughout both lungs. (B) At a later stage, there
is a coarser miliary pattern.
• Fig C 10-5 Alveolar cell carcinoma. Miliary pattern diffusely
involving both lungs represents bronchogenic spread.
• Fig C 10-6 Silicosis.
• Fig C 10-7 Coal-workers' pneumoconiosis.
• Fig C 10-8 Chickenpox pneumonia. Bilateral,
coarse miliary infiltrates distributed diffusely
throughout both lungs.
• Fig C 10-9 Pulmonary hemosiderosis.27
• Fig C 10-10 Schistosomiasis. Perivascular granulomas
produce small nodular and linear densities that are
distributed diffusely throughout the lungs in a miliary
pattern simulating tuberculosis.
• Fig C 10-11 Listeriosis. Diffuse miliary pattern
of coarse, irregular granular densities is
distributed throughout both lungs.
10 miliary nodules

10 miliary nodules

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    CLINICAL IMAGAGING AN ATLASOF DIFFERENTIAL DAIGNOSIS EISENBERG DR. Muhammad Bin Zulfiqar PGR-FCPS III SIMS/SHL
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    • Fig C10-1 Tuberculosis.
  • 4.
    • Fig C10-2 Coccidioidomycosis. Coned view of the left lung shows a diffuse pattern of fine nodules simulating miliary tuberculosis.
  • 5.
    • Fig C10-3 Histoplasmosis. (A) Frontal and (B) lateral views.
  • 6.
    • Fig C10-4 Metastatic thyroid carcinoma. (A) Multiple fine miliary nodules scattered throughout both lungs. (B) At a later stage, there is a coarser miliary pattern.
  • 7.
    • Fig C10-5 Alveolar cell carcinoma. Miliary pattern diffusely involving both lungs represents bronchogenic spread.
  • 8.
    • Fig C10-6 Silicosis.
  • 9.
    • Fig C10-7 Coal-workers' pneumoconiosis.
  • 10.
    • Fig C10-8 Chickenpox pneumonia. Bilateral, coarse miliary infiltrates distributed diffusely throughout both lungs.
  • 11.
    • Fig C10-9 Pulmonary hemosiderosis.27
  • 12.
    • Fig C10-10 Schistosomiasis. Perivascular granulomas produce small nodular and linear densities that are distributed diffusely throughout the lungs in a miliary pattern simulating tuberculosis.
  • 13.
    • Fig C10-11 Listeriosis. Diffuse miliary pattern of coarse, irregular granular densities is distributed throughout both lungs.