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Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
ILD caused by inhalation ... Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ... interstitial pneumonia (NSIP ... #diagnosis #differential ... #pulmonary #causes
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Interstitial Pneumonia - fibrosis ... common • (NSIP ... Chronic Radiation Pneumonitis ... #Diseases #ILD ... #Causes #Differential
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
Even fibrosis as ... in UIP, NSIP and ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Consolidation #Differential
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
or interstitial lung ... predominance: UIP ... , NSIP, DIP. - Centrilobular ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #GroundGlass #Differential
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
idiopathic interstitial pneumonias ... indicates unknown cause ... combinations of fibrosis ... arthritis findings of NSIP ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
chronic HP (right) Differential ... Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis ... Subacute stage: - RB-ILD ... throughout the whole lung ... #CTChest #UIP #
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
volume loss and fibrotic ... reticular densities caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Interstitial #Pneumonitis ... #Reticular #ILD
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
patients with a UIP ... pattern or NSIP ... consider drug-related lung ... disease in the differential ... #CTChest #DrugInduced
The predominant finding is ground glass opacity (GGO).
There is very subtle traction bronchiectasis, indicating that the
the result of fibrosis ... distribution of UIP ... common interstitial lung ... #CTChest #NSIP ... NonspecificInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
The predominant finding is ground glass opacity (GGO).
There is very subtle traction bronchiectasis, indicating that the
the result of fibrosis ... distribution of UIP ... common interstitial lung ... #CTChest #NSIP ... NonspecificInterstitialPneumonia #ILD