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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 ... • Radiation pneumonitis ... Pneumonias: • ... pneumonia: Acute, Chronic ... #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - Differential ... Beomycin • Acute or Chronic ... Radiation Pneumonitis ... Lung #Diseases #ILD ... #Causes #Differential
Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
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Glass Opacity - Chronic ... Interstitial - ... Pulmonary #Diseases #Radiology ... Lung #CXR #XRay #ChestCT ... #Differential #
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 ... #Differential #
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
BOOP • Type of interstitial ... pneumonias Cryptogenic ... Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... organizing pneumonia, Chronic ... BOOP #pulmonary #ILD
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest ... consolidation - Multifocal ill-defined ... - Reticular interstitial ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
High-Res Chest CT ... Patterns - Differential ... Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial ... Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis ... Pneumonia, COP, Chronic
HRCT findings in UIP
Honeycombing consisting of multilayered thick-walled cysts.
Architectural distortion with traction bronchiectasis due to fibrosis.
Predominance
Mild mediastinal ... lymphadenopathy #Clinical ... #Radiology #CTChest ... UsualInterstitialPneumonitis #Usual #Interstitial ... #Pneumonitis #ILD
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Thickening/Masses Chest ... Neoplasm Pulmonary Interstitium ... • ILD • CHF
It is usually easy to recognize the pattern of UIP on HRCT. #Clinical #Radiology #CTChest #UIP
#Clinical #Radiology ... UsualInterstitialPneumonitis #Usual #Interstitial ... #Pneumonitis #ILD