Honeycombing
Key Facts
  • Associated with traction bronchiectasis and volume loss
  • End stage pulmonary fibrosis
Pattern
  • Usually subpleural and most diseases with honeycombing have predilection for the bases
Differential Diagnosis
  • IPF
  • Asbestosis
  • Silicosis
  • Scleroderma
  • Rheumatoid arthritisVeno-occlusive disease
  • SarcoidErdheim Chester Disease
  • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
  • Drug reaction
References

Colby TV, Swensen SJ. Anatomic distribution and histopathologic patterns in diffuse lung disease: correlation with HRCT. J Thorac Imag 11: 1-26, 1996.