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Diagnostic algorithm for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, in part adapted from the ATS/ERS consensus statement. HRCT =
computerised tomography; ILD ... = interstitial lung ... ; UIP = usual interstitial ... pneumonitis ... #IPF #UIP #Algorithm
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... ILD caused by inhalation ... Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ... #diagnosis #differential ... #pulmonary #causes
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
) Usual Interstitial ... Pneumonia - fibrosis ... Chronic Radiation Pneumonitis ... #Diseases #ILD ... #Causes #Differential
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 ... #CTChest #UIP # ... UsualInterstitialPneumonitis #Usual ... #Interstitial #Pneumonitis
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 ... #Usual #Interstitial ... #Pneumonitis #Reticular
Notice the honeycombing and the preference of the subpleural and basal lung areas. #Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
subpleural and basal lung ... #CTChest #UIP # ... UsualInterstitialPneumonitis #Usual ... #Interstitial #Pneumonitis ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Notice the honeycombing and the preference of the subpleural and basal lung areas. #Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
subpleural and basal lung ... #CTChest #UIP # ... UsualInterstitialPneumonitis #Usual ... #Interstitial #Pneumonitis ... LowerLungPredominance #ILD
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 #
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
or interstitial lung ... predominance: UIP ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... #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 ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD