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Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Interstitial Lung ... Bird fanciers' lung ... (coal workers' lung ... Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ... #diagnosis #differential
Upper lung zone preference is seen in:
- Inhaled particles: pneumoconiosis (silica or coal)
- Smoking related diseases
Upper lung zone ... bronchiolitis (RB-ILD ... HRCT #ChestCT #Differential ... #Upper #Lower #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
responses of the lung ... involvement of the lung ... combinations of fibrosis ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
Even fibrosis as ... UIP, NSIP and long ... Consolidation #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
COVID-19 Chest Xray - First case of 2019 novel coronavirus in Canada
Chest x-ray shows bilateral, peribronchovascular,
Chest Xray - First case ... of 2019 novel coronavirus ... peribronchovascular, ill-defi ... opacities in all lung ... Clinical #SARSCoV2 #Coronavirus
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
of Interstitial Lung ... Disease - Differential ... Interstitial Pneumonia - fibrosis ... #Diseases #ILD ... #Causes #Differential
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
chronic HP (right) Differential ... Subacute stage: - RB-ILD ... In chronic HP fibrotic ... throughout the whole lung ... #Mimic #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
HRCT as seen in fibrosis ... or interstitial lung ... disease (i.e. fibrosis ... #GroundGlass #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
appearance of lung ... , as in cystic fibrosis ... In this case there ... structures in the right lung ... Mucus #Plugging #RadiologyAssistant
Diagnostic approach to the admitted patient with possible COVID-19

Initial evaluation
- Chest X-ray
- Lung ultrasound (thorough "lawn-mower"
Chest X-ray - Lung ... - CBC with differential ... Book of Critical Care ... Diagnosis #SARSCoV2 #Coronavirus