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Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Lung Disease - ... Granulomatous - Sarcoidosis ... Beomycin • Acute or Chronic ... #Lung #Diseases
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Interstitial Lung ... lung disease (RB-ILD ... Other ILDs: • Sarcoidosis ... pneumonia: Acute, Chronic ... #Lung #Diseases
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... Obstruction • Asthma ... Neoplasm Pulmonary Interstitium ... ILD • CHF • Sarcoidosis ... #Causes
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... Bronchitis • Chronic ... • Asthma • ... • Cancer • Interstitial ... lung disease Vasculature
Causes of Pulmonary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
 • Idiopathic
 • Associated with:
Causes of Pulmonary ... : • COPD • Interstitial ... Lung Disease ... Metabolic Disorders Chronic ... #Causes
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
In chronic disease ... - Lung neoplasms ... - Sarcoidosis ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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Causes of Hypoxemia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... (Asthma, COPD) ... Limitation • Interstitial ... lung disease
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... disease or CHF) ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... disease #Chronic ... #causes
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
lung disease comes ... lung disease and ... On a CXR the most ... seen and in many cases ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
Sarcoidosis - at ... this is nodular interstitial ... lung disease, that ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant