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Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), • Pulmonary ... leaking out of pulmonary ... dusts Drugs/Radiaition ... Acute or Chronic Radiation
ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
ILD of Known Cause ... Treatment Related: Radiation ... BrighamChiefs #ILD #Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #interstitial ... lung #disease #pulmonary
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
ILD caused by inhalation ... berylliosis) • Radiation ... • Idiopathic pulmonary ... #differential #pulmonary ... #causes
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
consolidations Interstitial ... - Reticular interstitial ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... Pleural Thickening/Masses ... Interstitium ... • ILD • CHF ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
standing erect, the pulmonary ... The pulmonary vascular ... during a period of CHF ... Radiology #CXR #CHF ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
imaging findings in interstitial ... seen and in many cases ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Interstitial ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
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 ... ILD #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... and other non-pulmonary ... Pulmonary hemorrhage ... this is nodular interstitial ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
a patient with CHF ... Other signs of CHF ... redistribution of pulmonary ... flow, interstitial ... Exacerbation #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant