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Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Diseases (ILD) ... ILD caused by inhalation ... lung disease (RB-ILD ... #differential # ... pulmonary #causes
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
- Multifocal ill-defined ... interstitial opacities ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
ILD of Known Cause ... Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis ... #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #interstitial ... #pulmonary
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Differential Diagnosis ... leaking out of pulmonary ... Chronic Radiation Pneumonitis ... #ILD #Causes #Differential
Cystic Lung Disease
Upper Lobe Predominant: 
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, Pneumocystis Jiroveci, Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Paracoccidioidomycosis,
Syndrome, Lymphocytic Interstitial ... Interstitial Pneumonitis ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes ... #pulmonary
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Patients • Diffuse Interstitial ... pneumonitis, Abacavir ... complex • Nodular/Masses ... Sarcoma • Focal Consolidation ... #diseases #differential
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... and other non-pulmonary ... this is nodular interstitial ... lung disease, that ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... - Imaging: • CXR ... • HRCT: patchy consolidation ... Pneumonia #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... from the various causes ... chronic heart disease ... #CXR #Diffuse # ... Consolidation #Differential
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... to think of the differential ... lobar pneumonia caused ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Consolidation