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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 ... Diseases (ILD) ... fibrosis (IPF), ... lung disease (RB-ILD ... #Lung #Diseases
Diagnostic algorithm for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, in part adapted from the ATS/ERS consensus statement. HRCT =
computerised tomography; ILD ... lung disease; IPF ... fibrosis; UIP = ... pneumonitis ... #IPF #UIP #Algorithm
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - ... Pneumonia - fibrosis ... Chronic Radiation Pneumonitis ... #Lung #Diseases ... #ILD #Causes #Differential
Schematic classification of interstitial lung diseases according to aetiology. The finding of histological usual interstitial pneumonitis
lung diseases according ... pneumonitis in ... fibrosis. ... pneumonitis. ... #ILD #Classification
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 #Pulmonary ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
lung disease (i.e ... . fibrosis). ... predominance: UIP ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary
Figure 3 HRCT-LUS correlation in normal lung, pulmonary congestion, rheumatoid lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Notes: (A)
disease, idiopathic ... pulmonary fibrosis ... artifact); (G) UIP ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... Correlation #Table #ILD
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
due to IPF. ... volume loss and fibrotic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pneumonitis #Reticular ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
and are taken up ... lymph nodes Risk ... fibrotic lesions ... characteristic features Clinical ... Inhibitor: • Risk
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
like idiopathic pulmonary ... interstitial pneumonitis ... patients with a UIP ... consider drug-related lung ... #Clinical #Radiology