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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
about imaging findings ... lung disease comes ... lung disease and ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
The findings on ... changes in the basal lung ... densities caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... UsualInterstitialPneumonitis #Usual #Interstitial
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
The idiopathic interstitial ... indicates unknown cause ... and interstitial ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
The CXR demonstrates a reticular interstitial pattern with a preference at the lung bases.
The HRCT demonstrates
preference at the lung ... bases. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #CTChest ... #Reticular #Interstitial
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
Ulcers, Livedo reticularis ... friction rub audible Lungs ... inflammation tends to cause ... interstitial lung ... pathophysiology #signs
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
Thickening of the lung ... in a pattern of reticular ... lung disease, it ... a predominant finding ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... Characteristic finding ... glass opacities • Reticular ... ground glass or reticular ... and confirmatory findings
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
On a chest X-ray ... particularly at the lung ... pattern at the lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Interstitial #
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... non-pulmonary findings ... between these chest ... this is nodular interstitial ... lung disease, that
Key findings in alveolar proteinosis
- Crazy paving pattern: reticular pattern superimposed on ground glass opacification.
- Opacifications
Key findings in ... paving pattern: reticular ... transported to the interstitium ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AlveolarProteinosis