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Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Differential Diagnosis ... Pneumonia • (UIP ... Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), • Pulmonary ... leaking out of pulmonary ... #ILD #Causes #Differential
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
lung diseases ... I-JIP: usual interstitial ... AIP: acute interstitial ... PSS: Sjogren syndrome ... Comparison #Table #Pulmonary
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Interstitial Lung ... pneumonia (DIP) ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... ILD #diagnosis #differential ... #pulmonary #causes
Diagnostic algorithm for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, in part adapted from the ATS/ERS consensus statement. HRCT =
tomography; ILD = interstitial ... lung disease; IPF ... fibrosis; UIP = ... usual interstitial ... pneumonitis #IPF #UIP
Cystic Lung Disease
Upper Lobe Predominant: 
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, Pneumocystis Jiroveci, Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Paracoccidioidomycosis,
Cystic Lung Disease ... , Lymphocytic Interstitial ... , Desquamative Interstitial ... nickmmark #Cystic #Lung ... #Disease #differential
Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
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Metastases - Interstitial ... Nodular - Acute Interstitial ... Opacity - Chronic Interstitial ... Radiology #Patterns #Lung ... XRay #ChestCT #Differential
Classification of Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease

#diffuse #Parenchymal #Lung #Disease #differential #diagnosis #interstitial #pulmonary
Diffuse Parenchymal Lung ... #Parenchymal #Lung ... #Disease #differential ... #diagnosis #interstitial ... #pulmonary
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
Thickening of the interstitium ... lung disease (i.e ... predominance: UIP ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #GroundGlass #Differential
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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of Hypoxemia- Differential ... Limitation • Interstitial ... lung disease ... Hypoventilation Syndrome ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #Differential
Granulomatous Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
OP: organising pneumonia; EGPA: eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis; NSG: necrotising
Disease - Differential ... granulomatous-lymphocytic interstitial ... pneumonitis; PLCH: pulmonary ... #Disease #pulmonary ... #Differential #