UIP pattern# | Possible UIP pattern¶ | Inconsistent with UIP pattern+ |
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 (see third column) | Extensive ground-glass abnormality (extent more than reticular abnormality)? |
Absence of features listed as inconsistent with UIP pattern (see third column) | Profuse micronodules (bilateral, predominantly upper lobes) | |
Discrete cysts (multiple, bilateral, away from areas of honeycombing)? | ||
Diffuse mosaic attenuation/air-trapping (bilateral, in three or more lobes) | ||
Consolidation in bronchopulmonary segment(s)/lobe(s) |
#: all four features; ¶: all three features; +: any of the seven features. Reproduced from [2] with permission from the publisher.