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Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
disease-associated interstitial ... ConnectiveTissueDiseases #ILD ... LungDisease #CTILD #Diagnosis ... Differential #Comparison #Table ... #Pulmonary #Rheumatology
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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and progressive fibrosis ... skin thickening Signs ... : ILD (interstitial ... Scleroderma #SSc #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #signs
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Interstitium ... • ILDCHF ... #Differential #Diagnosis
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
combinations of fibrosis ... listed in the table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
COVID-19 Findings on Lung ultrasound
 - Thickened pleural line
 - B lines (multifocal, discrete, or confluent)
infection; alveolar interstitial ... patients with pulmonary ... fibrosis Elena ... ultrasound #POCUS #Diagnosis ... #Signs
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
a patient with CHF ... Other signs of CHF ... redistribution of pulmonary ... flow, interstitial ... #Clinical #Radiology
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
by fluid, fibrous ... (Table). ... pulmonary edema ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT
Based on the CXR that you just saw, you could have made the diagnosis of congestive
have made the diagnosis ... confident in your diagnosis ... The pulmonary vessels ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #InterstitialEdema
Tram Track Sign on Chest CT
 • Parallel, non-tapering airways, extending to the lung periphery.
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Tram Track Sign ... bronchiectasis, CF ... , ILD, necrotizing ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
Increased pulmonary ... related to the pulmonary ... the chest film (Table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Stages