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Diagnostic algorithm for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, in part adapted from the ATS/ERS consensus statement. HRCT =
Diagnostic algorithm ... computerised tomography; ILD ... = interstitial ... lung disease; IPF ... ; UIP = usual interstitial
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pneumonia • (UIP ... Pneumonia - fibrosis ... #ILD #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
combinations of fibrosis ... findings of NSIP, UIP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
Notice the honeycombing and the preference of the subpleural and basal lung areas. #Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
subpleural and basal lung ... areas. ... #CTChest #UIP # ... #Pneumonitis #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
Notice the honeycombing and the preference of the subpleural and basal lung areas. #Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
subpleural and basal lung ... areas. ... #CTChest #UIP # ... LowerLungPredominance #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
HRCT as seen in fibrosis ... lung disease (i.e ... . fibrosis). ... predominance: UIP ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
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 ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #Usual #Interstitial ... #RadiologyAssistant
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 ... UsualInterstitialPneumonitis #Usual #Interstitial ... #Pneumonitis #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
pattern of pulmonary fibrosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #Reticular ... #Interstitial # ... #Honeycombing #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
lung disease comes ... lung disease and ... in many cases UIP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant