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Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Pneumonias: • ... Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ... pneumonia (DIP) ... pneumonia (AIP) ... #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
UIP) Usual Interstitial ... Pneumonia - fibrosis ... Intersitial Pneumonia ... Chronic Radiation Pneumonitis ... Lung #Diseases #ILD
Diagnostic algorithm for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, in part adapted from the ATS/ERS consensus statement. HRCT =
computerised tomography; ILD ... = interstitial ... ; UIP = usual interstitial ... pneumonitis ... #IPF #UIP #Algorithm
More common & convincing pneumonia mimics 

Aspiration pneumonitis, 
Pulmonary vasculitis, 
Acute eosinophilic pneummia,  
Cryptogeric organizing
Aspiration pneumonitis ... Drug -induced pneumonitis ... Pneumocystis jiroveci (PIP ... idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ... #Mimics #Differential
Schematic classification of interstitial lung diseases according to aetiology. The finding of histological usual interstitial pneumonitis
pneumonitis in ... pneumonia leads ... idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ... pneumonitis. ... 2/146.long #ILD
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
lung diseases LIP ... I-JIP: usual interstitial ... AIP: acute interstitial ... ConnectiveTissueDiseases #ILD ... CTILD #Diagnosis #Differential
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
pneumonias (IIPs ... combinations of fibrosis ... findings of NSIP, UIP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #ILD #Findings
Approach to the diagnosis of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis. 
*Consider additional test: bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage, transbronchial
hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... computed tomography; UIP ...  = usual interstitial ... pneumonia. ... algorithm #HP #ILD
HRCT findings in UIP
Honeycombing consisting of multilayered thick-walled cysts.
Architectural distortion with traction bronchiectasis due to fibrosis.
Predominance
HRCT findings in UIP ... bronchiectasis due to fibrosis ... #CTChest #UIP # ... UsualInterstitialPneumonitis #Usual #Interstitial ... #Pneumonitis #ILD
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
HRCT as seen in fibrosis ... disease (i.e. fibrosis ... predominance: UIP ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... #GroundGlass #Differential