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Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Lung Disease - ... Metastases to lung ... #Lung #Diseases ... #ILD #Causes #Differential
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
consolidations Interstitial ... - Reticular interstitial ... opacities Nodule or mass ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
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Metastases - Interstitial ... Nodular - Acute Interstitial ... Opacity - Chronic Interstitial ... Radiology #Patterns #Lung ... #CXR #XRay #ChestCT
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Interstitial Lung ... Bird fanciers' lung ... ILD caused by inhalation ... (coal workers' lung ... differential #pulmonary #causes
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
lung disease comes ... lung disease and ... On a CXR the most ... seen and in many cases ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
Interstitial pneumonias ... most frequently caused ... by interstitial ... The other cause ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
density within the lung ... opacities. 2- Interstitial ... tissue of the lung ... . 3- Nodule or mass ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR
Cystic Lung Disease
Upper Lobe Predominant: 
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, Pneumocystis Jiroveci, Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Paracoccidioidomycosis,
Cystic Lung Disease ... Syndrome, Lymphocytic Interstitial ... , Desquamative Interstitial ... nickmmark #Cystic #Lung ... differential #diagnosis #causes
ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
ILD of Known Cause ... BrighamChiefs #ILD #Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #interstitial ... #lung #disease
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Mediastinal Mass:
 • Thymus (Thymoma, carcinoma, hyperplasia, cyst)
 • Lymphoma
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Mediastinal Mass ... Anterior Mediastinal Mass ... Sarcoma, Metastatic Lung ... Tumors • Vascular Mases ... #Mediastinal #Mass