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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 ... ILD caused by inhalation ... Methotrexate ILD ... disease (RB-ILD
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Imaging: • CXR ... , Chronic eosinophilia ... pneumonia, Pulmonary ... #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis
Approach to the diagnosis of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis. 
*Consider additional test: bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage, transbronchial
the diagnosis of chronic ... cHP = chronic hypersensitivity ... usual interstitial pneumonia ... #pneumonitis #pulmonary ... algorithm #HP #ILD
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... • Asthma • COPD ... Alveoli • Pneumonia ... • ARDS • COPD ... Interstitium • ILD
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea ... /Chest Wall: • ... Asthma attack, ILD ... Pleural effusion, Pneumonia ... CTEPH, ILD, Sarcoid
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
On the chest x-ray ... there is an ill-defined ... of chronic consolidation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #AirBronchogram
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... of NSIP, UIP, OP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Chronic diseases ... caused by streptococcus ... (OP) and chronic ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), • Pulmonary ... leaking out of pulmonary ... Beomycin • Acute or Chronic ... #Diseases #ILD
On the left a patient who complained of arthritic pain.

There are multiple small bilateral peripheral consolidations.
The
in the former case ... also organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP # ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant