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Decreased Opacity without Cystic Airspace

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Mosaic attenuation pattern appears as patchwork of regions of differing attenuation that may represent (a) patchy interstitial disease, (b) obliterative small airway disease, or (c) occlusive vascular disease [1, 2]. Mosaic attenuation pattern caused by the latter two disease categories is called mosaic perfusion (Figs. 13.1 and 13.2). The combination of mixed lung attenuations (combination of ground-glass opacity, normal lung, and reduced lung attenuation as a result of mosaic perfusion) often gives the lung a geographic appearance and has been termed the head-cheese sign.

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  1. Department of Radiology Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

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  3. Department of Medicine Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Man Pyo Chung

  4. Department of Radiology, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

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Lee, K.S., Han, J., Chung, M.P., Jeong, Y.J. (2014). Decreased Opacity without Cystic Airspace. In: Radiology Illustrated: Chest Radiology. Radiology Illustrated. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37096-0_13

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