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Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Pneumonia - fibrosis ... Metastases to lung as nodules ... Hypersensitivity ... - Immunologic (hypersensitivity
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
interstitial opacities ... Nodule or mass ... - Multiple Masses ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis #Clinical ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
Fibrosis and parenchymal ... hyperaerated secondary nodules ... and secondry nodules ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
a.k.a. extrinsic allergic ... alveolitis): • Hypersensitivity ... ILD caused by inhalation ... Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ... differential #pulmonary #causes
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
appearance of lung nodules ... , as in cystic fibrosis ... (CF) and allergic ... ABPA is a hypersensitivity ... #Clinical #Radiology
On the left another typical case of sarcoidosis.
In addition to the perilymphatic nodules, there are multiple
another typical case ... perilymphatic nodules ... sarcoidosis we will see fibrosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Sarcoidosis
In this case the chest x-ray shows subtle findings that could be described as fine reticulation.
In
demonstrated a fine nodular ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Sarcoidosis #Nodular ... #Interstitial # ... Pattern #RadiologyAssistant
Progressive Massive Fibrosis on Chest X-Ray
In a construction worker presenting with shortness of breath.
Progressive Massive Fibrosis
Progressive Massive Fibrosis ... is a chronic interstitial ... pneumoconiosis which is caused ... coalescence of the nodules ... CXR #silicosis #clinical
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
imaging findings in interstitial ... patterns: reticular, nodular ... appreciate on a cest ... seen and in many cases ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in the subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
ill-defined centrilobular nodules of ground-glass opacity
centrilobular nodules ... opacity (80% of cases ... centrilobular nodules ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Centrilobular #RadiologyAssistant