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The CXR demonstrates a reticular interstitial pattern with a preference at the lung bases.
The HRCT demonstrates
demonstrates a reticular ... interstitial pattern ... preference at the lung ... #Interstitial # ... TractionBronchiectasis #RadiologyAssistant
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 ... histiocytosis or honeycombing ... #RadiologyAssistant
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Radiaition • Drugs: Amiodarone ... #Lung #Diseases ... #ILD #Causes #Differential
Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
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Metastases - Interstitial ... Nodular - Acute Interstitial ... - Reticular - ... Radiology #Patterns #Lung ... XRay #ChestCT #Differential
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 ... pulmonary #diagnosis #differential
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
manifests as a reticular ... particularly at the lung ... pattern at the lung ... #Interstitial # ... #RadiologyAssistant
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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result in decreased lung ... - Emphysema - Lung ... Bronchiectasis - Honeycombing ... LowAttenuation #Differential ... Emphysema #SignetRing #RadiologyAssistant
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Interstitial Lung ... Bird fanciers' lung ... (coal workers' lung ... Medication-induced ILD: Amiodarone ... ILD #diagnosis #differential
ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
Known Cause - Differential ... Methotrexate, Amiodarone ... #ILD #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #interstitial ... #lung #disease
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
changes in the basal lung ... appearance of honeycombing ... comprises reticular ... UsualInterstitialPneumonitis #Usual #Interstitial ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant