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Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
• Idiopathic pulmonary ... fibrosis (IPF), ... pneumonia: Acute, Chronic ... #differential # ... pulmonary #causes
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
interstitial lung diseases ... ConnectiveTissueDiseases #ILD ... CTILD #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Comparison #Table ... #Pulmonary #Rheumatology
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
- Differential ... Interstitial Pneumonia - fibrosis ... leaking out of pulmonary ... Beomycin • Acute or Chronic ... #ILD #Causes #Differential
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... Chronic diseases ... Cells - tumor, chronic ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Radiation C - Cystic Fibrosis ... Pulmonary Diseases ... aspergillosis - Chronic ... #differential # ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Eosinophilic Lung Diseases ... cough, SOB • Chronic ... of asthma, CF; Chronic ... #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #comparison
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - Summary ... Causes: • Cystic fibrosis ... Connective tissue diseases ... , in advanced disease ... #differential #
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
the left some diseases ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... NodularPattern #Differential ... #Comparison #Table
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
HP (right) Differential ... Subacute stage: - RB-ILD ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #UIP #Comparison ... #Fibrosis #Mimic
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
like idiopathic pulmonary ... in chronic hypersensitivity ... of the common diseases ... in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology