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Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... ILD caused by inhalation ... • Radiation pneumonitis ... Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias ... #causes
Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
Mycoplasma and Viral Pneumonias ... - Bacterial Pneumonias ... Tuberculosis - Lung ... Cancer of the Lung ... #Table
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
other interstitial pneumonias ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia ... , Pulmonary lymphoma ... #ILD #diagnosis
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Pseudomonas FUNGAL PNEUMONIAS ... - 20% of pneumonias ... factor • May cause ... HIV PARASITIC PNEUMONIAS ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
idiopathic interstitial pneumonias ... indicates unknown cause ... listed in the table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
this should be 1° ... leaking out of pulmonary ... Chronic Radiation Pneumonitis ... #Diseases #ILD ... #Causes #Differential
Upper lung zone preference is seen in:
- Inhaled particles: pneumoconiosis (silica or coal)
- Smoking related diseases
Upper lung zone ... bronchiolitis (RB-ILD ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... edema #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #Table
Nodular pattern
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary TB: random nodules
3. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic
Nodular pattern 1. ... : ill defined centrilobular ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Pattern #Comparison #Table
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
On the chest x-ray ... there is an ill-defined ... weight loss or long ... caused by Streptcoccus ... #Clinical #Radiology
High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
Attenuation pattern (2) 1. ... specific interstitial pneumonitis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Pattern #Comparison #Table