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Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Diseases (ILD) ... Exposure-Related ILD ... (COP), Respiratory ... pneumonia (DIP) ... pneumonia (AIP)
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Clinical manifestations ... - Imaging: • CXR ... , Pulmonary lymphoma ... #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
OP: organizing pneumonia ... I-JIP: usual interstitial ... AIP: acute interstitial ... ConnectiveTissueDiseases #ILD ... Comparison #Table #Pulmonary
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
pneumonias (IIPs ... , OP and LIP have ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #ILD #Findings
Approach to the diagnosis of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis. 
*Consider additional test: bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage, transbronchial
computed tomography; UIP ...  = usual interstitial ... pneumonia. ... #pneumonitis #pulmonary ... algorithm #HP #ILD
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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• Asthma • COPD ... Alveoli • Pneumonia ... • ARDS • COPD ... Interstitium ... • ILD • CHF
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
Lobar pneumonia ... (OP) - multiple ... filling of the alveoli ... this is nodular interstitial ... #Radiology #CXR
Crazy Paving is a combination of ground glass opacity with superimposed septal thickening (5).
It was first
NSIP - Organizing pneumonia ... (COP/BOOP) - Infection ... Bronchoalveolarca (BAC) - Pulmonary ... failure, ARDS, AIP ... ) #Clinical #Radiology
On the left a patient with both septal thickening and ground glass opacity in a patchy
be specific for alveolar ... sarcoidosis, nonspecific interstitial ... (COP), adult respiratory ... distress syndrome and pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial ... pneumonia (AIP, ... characterized by diffuse alveolar ... #Clinical #Radiology ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD