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Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
ILD caused by inhalation ... pneumonia (NSIP ... pneumonia (DIP) ... #diagnosis #differential ... #pulmonary #causes
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Pneumonia • (UIP ... common • (NSIP ... Lung #Diseases #ILD
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... arthritis findings of NSIP ... , UIP, OP and LIP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
predominance: UIP ... , NSIP, DIP. - Centrilobular ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
you think of the causes ... fibrosis as in UIP ... , NSIP and long ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
consolidation - Multifocal ill-defined ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
The predominant finding is ground glass opacity (GGO).
There is very subtle traction bronchiectasis, indicating that the
distribution of UIP ... suggestive for the diagnosis ... most common interstitial ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
The predominant finding is ground glass opacity (GGO).
There is very subtle traction bronchiectasis, indicating that the
distribution of UIP ... suggestive for the diagnosis ... most common interstitial ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left two cases of NSIP.
Note the varying combination of GGO and fibrosis (traction bronchiectasis),
On the left two cases ... of NSIP. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... NonspecificInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #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 ... lymphadenopathy #Clinical ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Usual #Interstitial ... #RadiologyAssistant