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Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Interstitial Lung ... ILD caused by inhalation ... lung disease (RB-ILD ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... #differential #
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... lung disease comes ... On a Chest X-Ray ... UIP can be suspected ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
reticular densities caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #Usual #Interstitial ... Pneumonitis #Reticular #ILD
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
On a chest X-ray ... pattern at the lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #Reticular ... #Interstitial #
Lemierre's Syndrome on Neck POCUS with IJ Thrombosis - Transverse View

Male with high fever and right
on Neck POCUS with ... Differential/diagnosis ... case. ... On ultrasound note ... septic emboli in lungs
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
base and body, tip ... Direct/indirect chest ... : Dilated CMP, long-standing ... Primary #Functional #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
CT and ultrasonographic features of COVID-19 pneumonia
Lung CT:
 - Thickened pleura
 - Ground glass shadow and
infection; alveolar interstitial ... syndrome is the ... COVID19 #pneumonia #ChestCT ... #Ultrasound #POCUS ... #features #Radiology
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
respiratory distress syndrome ... Pleuritic chest ... Exclude other causes ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... reticular opacities on chest
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Loss of weight • Chest ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
Multifocal
Multifocal consolidations are also described as multifocal ill-defined opacities or densities.
In most cases these are the
densities is interstitial ... small and fill up ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Multifocal ... Consolidation #Differential