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The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
The idiopathic interstitial ... unknown cause and ... combinations of fibrosis ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Idiopathic #Interstitial
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... lung disease comes ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Pattern #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
lung disease (i.e ... in ground glass pattern ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #GGO # ... #RadiologyAssistant
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
fibrosis. ... at the lung bases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #Reticular ... #Interstitial #
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
and non-specific interstitial ... consider drug-related lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #DrugInduced ... #RadiologyAssistant
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial ... lung disease characterized ... with subsequent fibrosis ... The histologic pattern ... #CTChest #AIP #
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
mid and lower lung ... included in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Chronic ... #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant