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The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
listed in the table ... morphologic findings on HRCT ... , UIP, OP and LIP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
-
cysts (LAM, LIP ... on the basis of HRCT ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Differential #Diagram #Comparison
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
low attenuation (table ... The cystic pattern ... in many cases UIP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
similar HRCT findings ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #UIP #Comparison ... #RadiologyAssistant
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
On a chest X-ray ... to confirm the diagnosis ... attributed to chronic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Honeycombing #RadiologyAssistant
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
before the typical cysts ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #Nodular ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
lung disease characterized ... The histologic pattern ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP # ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
or fibrosis in chronic ... patients with a UIP ... pattern or NSIP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #DrugInduced