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Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Interstitial Lung ... ILD caused by inhalation ... : Amiodarone, Nitrofurantoin ... lung disease (RB-ILD ... #ILD #diagnosis
ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
ILD of Known Cause ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Methotrexate, Amiodarone ... #Diagnosis #interstitial ... #lung #disease
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Differential Diagnosis ... Radiaition • Drugs: Amiodarone ... #ILD #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
Lung Toxicity Summary ... gradually with symptoms ... Exclude other causes ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... Improvement in symptoms
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
consolidation - Multifocal ill-defined ... - Reticular interstitial ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
The idiopathic interstitial ... indicates unknown cause ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... with vascular causes ... Hallpike test (posterior ... No auditory symptoms ... Long symptom-free
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... lung disease comes ... lung disease and ... seen and in many cases ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
x-ray there is an ill-defined ... weight loss or long ... standing symptoms ... lobar pneumonia caused ... Lobar #Pneumonia #RadiologyAssistant
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
density within the lung ... or multifocal ill-defined ... opacities. 2- Interstitial ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant