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Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - ... Metastases to lung ... Pneumonconiosis - Lung ... Radiaition • Drugs: Amiodarone ... #Lung #Diseases
Amiodarone-Induced Lung Iniurv (AILI) - Timeline
Hours to days (peri-procedurally): ARDS
Days to months: DAH
Weeks: Eosinophilic pneumonia
Weeks to
Amiodarone-Induced ... Lung Iniurv (AILI ... Months to years: Interstitial ... BrighamChiefs #Amiodarone
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Interstitial Lung ... pneumonitis, Farmer's lung ... Bird fanciers' lung ... (coal workers' lung ... Medication-induced ILD: Amiodarone
Stage II - Interstitial edema
Stage II of CHF is characterized by fluid leakage into the interlobular
Stage II - Interstitial ... edema Stage II of CHF ... peribronchial interstitium ... Radiology #CXR #CHF ... #Edema #RadiologyAssistant
ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
Methotrexate, Amiodarone ... Differential #Diagnosis #interstitial ... #lung #disease
Approach to the diagnosis of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis. 
*Consider additional test: bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage, transbronchial
transbronchial lung ... transbronchial lung ... transbronchial lung ... cHP = chronic hypersensitivity ... tomography; UIP = usual interstitial
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
The idiopathic interstitial ... responses of the lung ... involvement of the lung ... and drug-related lung ... ILD #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
imaging findings in interstitial ... lung disease comes ... whether there is interstitial ... lung disease and ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
Thickening of the interstitium ... the alveoli) or interstitial ... lung disease (i.e ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Lung Toxicity Summary ... Direct cytotoxic lung ... (e.g., chronic interstitial ... Most commonly: Interstitial ... #Induced #Lung