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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 ... Pneumonias: • ... Idiopathic pulmonary ... #causes
ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
ILD of Known Cause ... Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis ... BrighamChiefs #ILD ... #Diagnosis #interstitial ... lung #disease #pulmonary
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
Interstitial pneumonias ... most frequently caused ... The other cause ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Pneumonia #PJP #RadiologyAssistant
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
consolidation - Multifocal ill-defined ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), • Pulmonary ... leaking out of pulmonary ... Chronic Radiation Pneumonitis ... Lung #Diseases #ILD
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... - Imaging: • CXR ... eosinophilia pneumonia, Pulmonary ... Pneumonia #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
pneumonias (IIPs ... indicates unknown cause ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
On a CXR the most ... seen and in many cases ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Interstitial ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... Pulmonary hemorrhage ... this is nodular interstitial ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
reticular densities caused ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... UsualInterstitialPneumonitis #Usual #Interstitial ... #Pneumonitis #Reticular ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant