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Diagnostic algorithm for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, in part adapted from the ATS/ERS consensus statement. HRCT =
Diagnostic algorithm ... computerised tomography; ILD ... = interstitial ... lung disease; IPF ... pneumonitis
Approach to the diagnosis of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis. 
*Consider additional test: bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage, transbronchial
hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... tomography; UIP = usual interstitial ... #pulmonary #diagnosis ... #algorithm #HP ... #ILD
Nodular pattern
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary TB: random nodules
3. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic
Nodular pattern ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... : ill defined centrilobular ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... #Comparison #Table
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... leaking out of pulmonary ... Chronic Radiation Pneumonitis ... #ILD #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
High Attenuation pattern ... Non specific interstitial ... pneumonitis (NSIP ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... #Comparison #Table
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
pneumonias (IIPs ... listed in the table ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #Idiopathic ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
lung disease comes ... low attenuation (table ... On a Chest X-Ray ... lung disease and ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
with a nodular pattern ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #Nodular ... #Differential #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
disease-associated interstitial ... lung diseases ... ConnectiveTissueDiseases #ILD ... #Differential #Comparison ... #Table #Pulmonary
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
consolidation and GG pattern ... eosinophilia pneumonia, Pulmonary ... Pneumonia #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis ... #management