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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
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
pneumonias (IIPs ... findings of NSIP, UIP ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #ILD #Findings ... #RadiologyAssistant
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
consolidation - Multifocal ill-defined ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Clinical manifestations ... - Imaging: • CXR ... , Pulmonary lymphoma ... #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... to think of the differential ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Consolidation ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in many cases UIP ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Interstitial ... #RadiologyAssistant
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Differential Bilat ... /lung sliding: Pulmonary ... edema, ARDS, interstitial ... lung disease, interstitial ... #Lung #POCUS #clinical
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
Lobar pneumonia ... Pulmonary hemorrhage ... this is nodular interstitial ... #Radiology #CXR ... Consolidation #Causes #RadiologyAssistant