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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 ... Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias ... differential #pulmonary #causes
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
Interstitial pneumonias ... acute reticular pattern ... most frequently caused ... The other cause ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
other interstitial pneumonias ... - Imaging: • CXR ... consolidation and GG pattern ... Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia ... BOOP #pulmonary #ILD
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
Lobar pneumonia ... x-ray there is an ill-defined ... include the list of causes ... caused by Streptcoccus ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
idiopathic interstitial pneumonias ... indicates unknown cause ... have specific patterns ... realise, that these patterns ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... caused by streptococcus ... The old name is ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR
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
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
of these four patterns ... consolidation - Multifocal ill-defined ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Consolidation #Patterns
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
identified, Strep pneumoniae ... lymphoid interstitial pneumonitis ... in particular) Evaluation ... : Imaging (CXR ... workup #diagnosis #evaluation
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
larger ones are ill-defined ... masses. ... excludes eosinophilic pneumonia ... of organizing pneumonia ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR