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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 ... Medication-induced ILD: Amiodarone ... Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ... differential #pulmonary #causes
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Pneumonia - fibrosis ... Radiaition • Drugs: Amiodarone ... Chronic Radiation Pneumonitis ... #ILD #Causes #Differential
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
Ground-glass opacity (GGO ... lung disease (i.e ... . fibrosis). ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
The idiopathic interstitial ... pneumonias (IIPs ... indicates unknown cause ... combinations of fibrosis ... ILD #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
BOOP • Type of interstitial ... pneumonias Cryptogenic ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... zone, GGO, small
Ground-glass opacity is nonspecific, but highly significant finding since 60-80% of patients with ground-glass opacity on
potentially treatable lung ... the lung disease ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #GroundGlass #GGO ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
volume loss and fibrotic ... changes in the basal lung ... reticular densities caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pneumonitis #Reticular
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
and non-specific interstitial ... pneumonitis or ... consider drug-related lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
The predominant finding is ground glass opacity (GGO).
There is very subtle traction bronchiectasis, indicating that the
the result of fibrosis ... the most common interstitial ... lung disease in ... #Clinical #Radiology ... NonspecificInterstitialPneumonia #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
The predominant finding is ground glass opacity (GGO).
There is very subtle traction bronchiectasis, indicating that the
the result of fibrosis ... the most common interstitial ... lung disease in ... #Clinical #Radiology ... NonspecificInterstitialPneumonia #ILD #RadiologyAssistant