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Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Pneumonia • (UIP ... Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), • Pulmonary ... leaking out of pulmonary ... #ILD #Causes #Differential
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Interstitial Lung ... ILD caused by inhalation ... pneumonia (DIP) ... pneumonia (AIP) ... #causes
Diagnostic algorithm for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, in part adapted from the ATS/ERS consensus statement. HRCT =
tomography; ILD = interstitial ... lung disease; IPF ... fibrosis; UIP = ... usual interstitial ... pneumonitis #IPF #UIP
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
lung diseases ... LIP: lymphoid ... I-JIP: usual interstitial ... AIP: acute interstitial ... Comparison #Table #Pulmonary
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
The idiopathic interstitial ... indicates unknown cause ... findings of NSIP, UIP ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... ILD #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
ILD of Known Cause ... Pneumonitis • Treatment ... Differential #Diagnosis #interstitial ... #lung #disease ... #pulmonary
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
Thickening of the interstitium ... lung disease (i.e ... predominance: UIP ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
- Reticular interstitial ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis #Clinical ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Cystic Lung Disease
Upper Lobe Predominant: 
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, Pneumocystis Jiroveci, Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Paracoccidioidomycosis,
Cystic Lung Disease ... Syndrome, Lymphocytic Interstitial ... , Desquamative Interstitial ... nickmmark #Cystic #Lung ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
lung disease comes ... lung disease and ... UIP can be suspected ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant