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Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Interstitial Lung ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... • Radiation pneumonitis ... Pneumonias: • ... Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Diagnostic algorithm for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, in part adapted from the ATS/ERS consensus statement. HRCT =
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ... computerised tomography; ILD ... = interstitial ... ; UIP = usual interstitial ... pneumonitis
Schematic classification of interstitial lung diseases according to aetiology. The finding of histological usual interstitial pneumonitis
classification of interstitial ... pneumonitis in ... idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ... pneumonitis. ... 2/146.long #ILD
HRCT findings in UIP
Honeycombing consisting of multilayered thick-walled cysts.
Architectural distortion with traction bronchiectasis due to fibrosis.
Predominance
bronchiectasis due to fibrosis ... lymphadenopathy #Clinical #Radiology ... UsualInterstitialPneumonitis #Usual #Interstitial ... #Pneumonitis #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
Non specific interstitial ... pneumonitis (NSIP ... result of massive fibrosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
Thickening of the interstitium ... HRCT as seen in fibrosis ... disease (i.e. fibrosis ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... • (UIP) Usual Interstitial ... Pneumonia - fibrosis ... Chronic Radiation Pneumonitis ... Lung #Diseases #ILD
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
Fibrosis and parenchymal ... existing irreversible fibrosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... HypersensitivityPneumonitis #Chronic #Fibrosis ... #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
pneumonias (IIPs ... combinations of fibrosis ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
It is usually easy to recognize the pattern of UIP on HRCT. #Clinical #Radiology #CTChest #UIP
#Clinical #Radiology ... UsualInterstitialPneumonitis #Usual #Interstitial ... #Pneumonitis #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant