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On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
volume loss and fibrotic ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CTChest #UIP # ... UsualInterstitialPneumonitis #Usual #Interstitial ... Pneumonitis #Reticular #ILD
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
combinations of fibrosis ... findings of NSIP, UIP ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #Idiopathic ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
and are taken up ... fibrotic lesions ... Progression: • Upper lobe ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
pattern of pulmonary ... fibrosis. ... On a chest X-ray ... pattern at the lung ... #Interstitial #
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
and are taken up ... fibrotic lesions ... Progression: • Upper lobe ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Causes: • Cystic fibrosis ... • Infection: TB ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... mycobacteria Treatment
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
like idiopathic pulmonary ... interstitial pneumonitis ... patients with a UIP ... consider drug-related lung ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... Direct cytotoxic lung ... starting amiodarone treatment ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... macrophages Treatment
Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
the consolidated lung ... infection like TB ... one month after treatment ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CTChest #Cavity
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
x-ray (CXR), try ... does a better job ... not seen on a CXR ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary