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COVID-19 Findings on Lung ultrasound
 - Thickened pleural line
 - B lines (multifocal, discrete, or confluent)
Findings on Lung ultrasound ... infection; alveolar interstitial ... patients with pulmonary ... fibrosis Elena ... POCUS #Diagnosis #Signs
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
• Idiopathic pulmonary ... fibrosis (IPF), ... : • Sarcoidosis ... Acute, Chronic • Pulmonary ... #differential #pulmonary
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Pneumonia - fibrosis ... Granulomatous - Sarcoidosis ... Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), • Pulmonary ... leaking out of pulmonary ... Lung #Diseases #ILD
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 ... Cardiac: myocardial fibrosis ... calcinosis • Pulmonary ... : ILD (interstitial
Sarcoidosis
Stage 1 - Bilateral LAD without involvement of lung parenchyma
Stage 2 - Bilateral LAD with involvement
Sarcoidosis Stage ... LAD Stage 4 - Fibrosis ... Pulmonary: - ... LAD and diffuse interstitial ... Stages #Staging #Signs
B-Lines on Lung POCUS

PE is LEAST likely to show B lines. Juxtaposition of fluid droplets &
on US (alveolar interstitial ... , contusion, & fibrosis ... #BLines #Lung ... POCUS #clinical #Pulmonary ... #ultrasound
#POCUS of the posterior lung bases in a (#covid19 negative) patient with severe idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
severe idiopathic pulmonary ... fibrosis showing ... irregular pleural line ... rockets (sonographic interstitial ... syndrome) #LUS #ultrasound
Pulmonary Sarcoidosis - Staging

Stage 0 - NO SARCOIDOSIS
 • The patient presents with a normal x-ray.
Pulmonary Sarcoidosis ... There is no sign ... Stage Ill - PULMONARY ... FIBROSIS • There ... #Sarcoidosis #Pulmonary
CT and ultrasonographic features of COVID-19 pneumonia
Lung CT:
 - Thickened pleura
 - Ground glass shadow and
and effusion - Pulmonary ... consolidation Lung ultrasound ... infection; alveolar interstitial ... patients with pulmonary ... fibrosis #COVID19
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
by fluid, fibrous ... pulmonary edema ... (Kerley B lines ... carcinoma or lymphoma; sarcoidosis ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary