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It is usually easy to recognize the pattern of UIP on HRCT. #Clinical #Radiology #CTChest #UIP
the pattern of UIP ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #Usual #Interstitial ... #Pneumonitis #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
HRCT findings in UIP
Honeycombing consisting of multilayered thick-walled cysts.
Architectural distortion with traction bronchiectasis due to fibrosis.
Predominance
HRCT findings in UIP ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #Usual #Interstitial ... #Pneumonitis #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
Notice the honeycombing and the preference of the subpleural and basal lung areas. #Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #UIP #UsualInterstitialPneumonitis ... #Usual #Interstitial ... #Pneumonitis #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
Notice the honeycombing and the preference of the subpleural and basal lung areas. #Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #UIP #UsualInterstitialPneumonitis ... #Usual #Interstitial ... #Pneumonitis #LowerLungPredominance ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
predominance: UIP ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #GGO # ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
pneumonias (IIPs ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #Idiopathic ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
a patient with UIP ... preference also think 'UIP ... #Usual #Interstitial ... #Pneumonitis #Reticular ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis or LIP is uncommon, being seen mainly in patients with autoimmune disease, particularly
Lymphocytic interstitial ... pneumonitis or ... LIP is uncommon, ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
pneumonitis, organizing ... pneumonitis ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... pneumonitis ... #diagnosis #management
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Pneumonitis (LIP ... , UIP, NSIP): • ... effusion, INC risk ... Malignancy Risk ... Rheumatology #Diagnosis #Management