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Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
disease-associated interstitial lung ... #LungDisease #CTILD ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Comparison #Table ... #Pulmonary #Rheumatology
Management of interstitial lung disease (ILD)-associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc)

Therapeutic indication: absolute decline in FVC >10%
of interstitial lung ... disease (ILD)-associated ... #interstitial #lungdisease ... #SSc #pulmonary ... #indications #management
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
pneumonitis • Medication-induced ... • Idiopathic pulmonary ... Acute, Chronic • Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #differential ... #pulmonary #causes
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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- Emphysema - Lung ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #LowAttenuation ... #Differential # ... Diagram #Comparison
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
bronchiolitis: ill ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #Nodular ... NodularPattern #Differential ... #Comparison #Table
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
supplying the upper lung ... supplying the lung ... The pulmonary vascular ... In these cases comparison ... with old fims can
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
to Eosinophilic Lung ... #Eosinophilic #Lung ... #Diseases #pulmonary ... #differential # ... diagnosis #comparison
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
In the differential ... the surrounding lung ... without associated pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CTChest ... Cyst #Emphysema #Comparison
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
• Domestic and wild ... Illnesses: • Pulmonary ... complicate MAC pulmonary ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... NTM #Infections #differential
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
chronic HP (right) Differential ... Subacute stage: - RB-ILD ... throughout the whole lung ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CTChest ... #UIP #Comparison