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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 ... pneumonia (DIP) ... pneumonia (AIP) ... #diagnosis #differential ... #pulmonary #causes
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - Differential ... UIP) Usual Interstitial ... Intersitial Pneumonia ... Interstitial Pneumonia ... Lung #Diseases #ILD
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
I-JIP: usual interstitial ... AIP: acute interstitial ... ConnectiveTissueDiseases #ILD ... CTILD #Diagnosis #Differential ... Comparison #Table #Pulmonary
Diagnostic algorithm for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, in part adapted from the ATS/ERS consensus statement. HRCT =
computerised tomography; ILD ... = interstitial ... fibrosis; UIP = ... usual interstitial ... pneumonitis #IPF #UIP
More common & convincing pneumonia mimics 

Aspiration pneumonitis, 
Pulmonary vasculitis, 
Acute eosinophilic pneummia,  
Cryptogeric organizing
common & convincing pneumonia ... pneumonitis, Pulmonary ... Pneumocystis jiroveci (PIP ... ), Fungal pneumonia ... #Mimics #Differential
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
The idiopathic interstitial ... pneumonias (IIPs ... findings of NSIP, UIP ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #ILD #Findings
Schematic classification of interstitial lung diseases according to aetiology. The finding of histological usual interstitial pneumonitis
classification of interstitial ... pneumonia leads ... of idiopathic pulmonary ... 2/146.long #ILD ... #LungDisease #Pulmonary
Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
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Diseases - Pneumonia ... Metastases - Interstitial ... Nodular - Acute Interstitial ... Opacity - Chronic Interstitial ... XRay #ChestCT #Differential
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
BOOP • Type of interstitial ... malignancy and other interstitial ... , Pulmonary lymphoma ... #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis
Approach to the diagnosis of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis. 
*Consider additional test: bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage, transbronchial
computed tomography; UIP ...  = usual interstitial ... pneumonia. ... #pneumonitis #pulmonary ... algorithm #HP #ILD