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Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
lung diseases LIP ... NSIP: nonspecific ... I-JIP: usual interstitial ... AIP: acute interstitial ... ConnectiveTissueDiseases #ILD
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Diseases (ILD) ... Exposure-Related ILD ... pneumonia (NSIP ... pneumonia (DIP) ... pneumonia (AIP)
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
UIP) Usual Interstitial ... common • (NSIP ... (DIP) Desquamative ... • (LIP) Lymphoid ... Lung #Diseases #ILD
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
pneumonias (IIPs ... arthritis findings of NSIP ... , UIP, OP and LIP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #ILD #Findings
Approach to the diagnosis of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis. 
*Consider additional test: bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage, transbronchial
computed tomography; UIP ...  = usual interstitial ... pneumonia. ... pulmonary #diagnosis #algorithm ... #HP #ILD
The predominant finding is ground glass opacity (GGO).
There is very subtle traction bronchiectasis, indicating that the
distribution of UIP ... , from which NSIP ... most common interstitial ... #Clinical #Radiology ... NonspecificInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
The predominant finding is ground glass opacity (GGO).
There is very subtle traction bronchiectasis, indicating that the
distribution of UIP ... , from which NSIP ... most common interstitial ... #Clinical #Radiology ... NonspecificInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
a patient with UIP ... preference also think 'UIP ... #CXR #CTChest # ... UIP #UsualInterstitialPneumonitis ... Pneumonitis #Reticular #ILD
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
pneumonia (AIP, ... HRCT findings in AIP ... the diagnosis AIP ... #CTChest #AIP # ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD