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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 ... Pneumonias: • ... differential #pulmonary #causes
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest ... Consolidation - Lobar ... consolidation - Multifocal ill-defined ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Diagnosis #Clinical #Radiology
ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
ILD of Known Cause ... Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis ... BrighamChiefs #ILD ... #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #interstitial
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... , worse at the bases ... Chronic Radiation Pneumonitis ... Lung #Diseases #ILD ... #Causes #Differential
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 ... include the list of causes ... pneumonia caused ... #Clinical #Radiology
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
Upper lung zone preference is seen in:
- Inhaled particles: pneumoconiosis (silica or coal)
- Smoking related diseases
bronchiolitis (RB-ILD ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... edema #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Pulmonary #HRCT #ChestCT
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
BOOP • Type of interstitial ... malignancy and other interstitial ... pneumonias Cryptogenic ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... BOOP #pulmonary #ILD
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
The idiopathic interstitial ... pneumonias (IIPs ... indicates unknown cause ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... between these chest ... Lobar pneumonia ... this is nodular interstitial ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation