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Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
predominance: UIP ... , NSIP, DIP. - Centrilobular ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #GroundGlass #Differential ... #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 ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Consolidation #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ... pneumonia (DIP) ... pneumonia (AIP) ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... ILD #diagnosis #differential
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
combinations of fibrosis ... findings of NSIP, UIP ... , OP and LIP have ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... ILD #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
- Differential ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... retroperitoneal fibrosis ... Toxins Acute Interstitial ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
HRCT findings in UIP
Honeycombing consisting of multilayered thick-walled cysts.
Architectural distortion with traction bronchiectasis due to fibrosis.
Predominance
HRCT findings in UIP ... bronchiectasis due to fibrosis ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #UIP #UsualInterstitialPneumonitis ... #Usual #Interstitial
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
) - Differential ... • Hepatorenal syndromes ... polyangiitis) Acute Interstitial ... hydronephrosis on UIS ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
a patient with UIP ... volume loss and fibrotic ... preference also think 'UIP ... #UIP #UsualInterstitialPneumonitis ... #Usual #Interstitial
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... On a Chest X-Ray ... in many cases UIP ... #Pattern #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
UIP with honeycombing ... chronic HP (right) Differential ... Chronic stage: - UIP ... - UIP has a strong ... #UIP #Comparison