Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 β€’ Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Diseases (ILD) ... ILD caused by inhalation ... lung disease (RB-ILD ... , Acute interstitial ... #causes
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
Consolidation - Lobar ... consolidation - Diffuse ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 β€’ (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... leaking out of pulmonary ... , Beomycin β€’ Acute ... #ILD #Causes #Differential
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
lung disease comes ... lung disease and ... UIP can be suspected ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Interstitial
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
to look at the pattern ... pneumonia caused ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Consolidation ... #Lobar #Diffuse
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... specific patterns ... realise, that these patterns ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
substances resulting in lobar ... , diffuse or multifocal ... . 2- Interstitial ... the amount of air ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... Lobar pneumonia ... this is nodular interstitial ... lung disease, that ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial ... idiopathic lung disease ... characterized by diffuse ... The histologic pattern ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Diffuse consolidation in bronchopneumonia
Here another case of diffuse consolidation.
This patient had fever and cough.
This was thought
Unlike lobar pneumonia ... the airways as acute ... to multifocal ill-defined ... The disease does ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR