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Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
ILD caused by inhalation ... • Idiopathic pulmonary ... pneumonia (AIP) ... Diseases #ILD #diagnosis ... #causes
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Differential Diagnosis ... Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), • Pulmonary ... leaking out of pulmonary ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Diagnosis Framework ... Legionella: • Nausea ... factor • May cause ... #AIDS #pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
disease-associated interstitial lung ... diseases LIP ... AIP: acute interstitial ... LungDisease #CTILD #Diagnosis ... Comparison #Table #Pulmonary
More common & convincing pneumonia mimics 

Aspiration pneumonitis, 
Pulmonary vasculitis, 
Acute eosinophilic pneummia,  
Cryptogeric organizing
common & convincing pneumonia ... pneumonitis, Pulmonary ... Pneumocystis jiroveci (PIP ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary
Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
Causes of Cough ... - Bacterial Pneumonias ... Tuberculosis - Lung ... Cancer of the Lung ... #Differential #Causes
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... - Diagnosis: ... legionella/strep, HIV ... , Pulmonary lymphoma ... #ILD #diagnosis
Pathogens in Pneumonia

Here is a quick review of the pathogens causing pneumonia (useful for enumerating differentials
your grand rounds/cases ... smoking. structural lung ... MAC (structural lung ... #Microbiology #Causes ... #Agents #Diagnosis
Causes of Hemoptysis - BATTLE CAMP Mnemonic:

Bronchitis 
Bronchiectasis 
Aspergilloma 
Tumor 
Tuberculosis 
Lung abscess 
Emboli (pulmonary) 
Coagulopathy
Causes of Hemoptysis ... Tuberculosis Lung ... abscess Emboli (pulmonary ... Mitral stenosis Pneumonia ... #Differential #Diagnosis
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
responses of the lung ... indicates unknown cause ... involvement of the lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest