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  • 7/25/2019 Kerley B Lines DDx

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    KERLEY B-LINESThickened, Edematous, Interlobular Septa (on !R"

    Located alon# lun# peripher$, not alon# %ssure and in contact &ith pleura'suall$ lo&er one ) lun# base re#ion

    *i+erential *ia#nosis atho#enesis

    .Back of blood leading to pulmonary edema in theinterlobular septa

    /t$pical neumoniaInterstitial pneumonitis leads to thick interlobularsepta with lymphocytes

    Sarcoidosis Interstitial brosis leads to thickened septa

    ancerInterstitial septa thickening via neoplastic cellsalong with edema

    Interstitial ulmonar$.ibrosis

    Interstitial brosis leads to thickened septa