Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart failure.
The other cause is interstitial pneumonia:
Viral
PCP
Mycoplasma pneumonia.
This patient presented with a nonproductive cough and some fever.
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