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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 Interstitial Pneumonias ... (COP), Respiratory ... #diagnosis #differential ... #pulmonary #causes
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
other interstitial pneumonias ... - Clinical manifestations ... - Imaging: • CXR ... Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia ... #ILD #diagnosis
Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
Mycoplasma and Viral Pneumonias ... - Bacterial Pneumonias ... Abscess - Asthma ... Cough #Hemoptysis #Differential ... #Causes #Table
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... • Most common cause ... Pneumonitis 3. ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Abscess Differential
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... in HIV - Differential ... Pseudomonas FUNGAL PNEUMONIAS ... - 20% of pneumonias ... HIV PARASITIC PNEUMONIAS
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... The table summarizes ... caused by streptococcus ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... intersitial space Infection ... Chronic Radiation Pneumonitis ... #Diseases #ILD ... #Causes #Differential
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
heart failure, COPD ... , Lung cancer, Primary ... lymphoid interstitial pneumonitis ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential
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 ... of NSIP, UIP, OP ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
an abscess may ... the consolidated lung ... No micro-organism ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #