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Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Differential Diagnosis ... Pneumonia • (UIP ... Pneumonia - fibrosis ... #ILD #Causes #Differential
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 ... Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... ILD #diagnosis #differential
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
lung disease (i.e ... . fibrosis). ... predominance: UIP ... #GroundGlass #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
The idiopathic interstitial ... indicates unknown cause ... combinations of fibrosis ... findings of NSIP, UIP ... ILD #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
Even fibrosis as ... in UIP, NSIP and ... long standing sarcoidosis ... Consolidation #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... lung disease comes ... lung disease and ... UIP can be suspected ... #RadiologyAssistant
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
pattern of pulmonary fibrosis ... particularly at the lung ... pattern at the lung ... #Reticular #Interstitial ... #Honeycombing #RadiologyAssistant
#POCUS of the posterior lung bases in a (#covid19 negative) patient with severe idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
bases in a (#covid19 ... idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ... rockets (sonographic interstitial ... syndrome) #LUS ... #ultrasound #EM
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
volume loss and fibrotic ... changes in the basal lung ... reticular densities caused ... UsualInterstitialPneumonitis #Usual #Interstitial ... Reticular #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
B-Lines in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Lung comets are usually seen in wet lungs, but do not forget that
is an important differential ... In the latter case ... also be picked up ... tails #clinical #ultrasound ... #lung