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The characteristic pattern in all of these diseases is an incease in thin linear shadows on the X-ray. This is referred to as a reticular patteran. NODULES are seen in: silicosis, sarcoidosis, miliary TB, metastatic cancer, septic emboli, and Wegener's disease. SEPTAL LINES are seen in: interstitial edema and lymphangitic carcinomatosis. A RETICULAR PATTERN is also seen in: interstitial edema and Pulmonary fibrosis (caused by idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, sarcoidosis, asbestosis, etc.) AIRSPACE CONSOLIDATION is seen in: pneumonia, edema, hemorrhage, lymphoma, bronchioalveolar carcinoma, alveolar proteinosis.