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The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
idiopathic interstitial pneumonias ... responses of the lung ... involvement of the lung ... have specific patterns ... realise, that these patterns
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
the result of air ... or interstitial lung ... in ground glass pattern ... predominance: UIP ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
density within the lung ... of these four patterns ... resulting in lobar, diffuse ... the amount of air ... Consolidation #Patterns
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
other interstitial pneumonias ... consolidation and GG pattern ... Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... Pulmonary lymphoma, Diffuse
Here another case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
There is a mosaic pattern.
Some secundary lobules demonstrate ground-glass opacity due
hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... There is a mosaic pattern ... opacity due to lung ... bronchiolitis with air ... Hypersensitivity #Pneumonitis
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis ... rare idiopathic lung ... characterized by diffuse ... The histologic pattern ... characteristics are diffuse
Algorithm for Diagnosis of Diffuse Cystic Lung Disease (DCLD)
Round, smooth cysts with normal lung parenchyma in
Algorithm for Diagnosis ... Lung Disease (DCLD ... - LIP/FB, LCDD ... , SS Cyst pattern ... DCLD #pulmonary #Algorithm
Subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in the subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
ill-defined centrilobular nodules of ground-glass opacity
hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... cases) or mosaic pattern ... opacity due to lung ... bronchiolitis with air
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... scan: the mosaic pattern ... scan, indicating air ... mid and lower lung ... with a mozaic pattern
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... patients with a UIP ... pattern or NSIP ... pattern seen in ... consider drug-related lung