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Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP # ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
idiopathic interstitial pneumonias ... of the lung to injury ... indicates unknown cause ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
reticular densities caused ... film with long standing ... #Interstitial #Pneumonitis ... #Reticular #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
cytotoxic lung injury ... to years after starting ... Exclude other causes ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... Pulmonary #diagnosis #management