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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 ... I-JIP: usual interstitial ... AIP: acute interstitial ... ConnectiveTissueDiseases #ILD ... CTILD #Diagnosis #Differential
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Lung Diseases (ILD ... ILD caused by inhalation ... (DIP), Acute interstitial ... pneumonia (AIP) ... #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
• (UIP) Usual ... • (DIP) Desquamative ... • (LIP) Lymphoid ... Lung #Diseases #ILD ... #Causes #Differential
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... of NSIP, UIP, OP ... and LIP have been ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
a patient with UIP ... The findings on ... preference also think 'UIP ... UIP #UsualInterstitialPneumonitis ... Pneumonitis #Reticular #ILD
HRCT findings in UIP
Honeycombing consisting of multilayered thick-walled cysts.
Architectural distortion with traction bronchiectasis due to fibrosis.
Predominance
HRCT findings in ... UIP Honeycombing ... lymphadenopathy #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #UIP # ... #Pneumonitis #ILD
The case on the left shows subpleural honeycomb cysts in several contiguous layers.
There is also a
These findings are ... typical for Usual ... (UIP). ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #UIP #
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... about imaging findings ... seen and in many cases ... UIP can be suspected ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
(AIP, earlier named ... in AIP are indistinguishable ... the diagnosis AIP ... #CTChest #AIP # ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
multiple ill-defined masses ... dealing with the differential ... The lab-findings ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral