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The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
to injury and do ... indicates unknown cause ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #ILD #Findings ... #RadiologyAssistant
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
On the chest x-ray ... there is an ill-defined ... standing symptoms ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Parenchymal • Pneumonia ... • Muscular Injury ... #Noncardiac #Cardiology ... #Algorithm #causes
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
changes in the basal lung ... standing reticulation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... knowledge about imaging ... lung disease comes ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
this is nodular interstitial ... lung disease, that ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial ... pneumonia (AIP, ... rare idiopathic lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP #
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... Direct cytotoxic lung ... injury • Indirect ... to years after starting ... Exclusion of other ILDs
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
In the lungs LV ... fluid into the interstitium ... standing LV failure ... pulmonary disease and causes ... #Diagnosis #Radiology