Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
in interstitial lung ... low attenuation (table ... common pattern ... UIP can be suspected ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
unknown cause and ... combinations of fibrosis ... listed in the table ... have specific patterns ... realise, that these patterns
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
pattern of pulmonary ... fibrosis. ... as a reticular pattern ... at the lung bases ... This pattern was
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 β€’ Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
- Patterns of Involvement ... consolidation - Fibrosis ... Innumerable, bilateral, diffusely ... Tuberculosis #TB #Patterns ... clinical #radiology #CXR
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... lobar pneumonia caused ... When it is idiopathic ... #CXR #Consolidation
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 β€’ (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Idiopathic Interstitial ... Interstitial Pneumonia - fibrosis ... leaking out of pulmonary ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
Silicosis is a fibrotic ... lung disease caused ... typical eggshell pattern ... clinical #radiology #CXR ... XRay #labeled #pulmonary
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic ... lung disease characterized ... by diffuse alveolar ... with subsequent fibrosis ... The histologic pattern
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
pulmonary fibrosis ... patients with a UIP ... pattern or NSIP ... pattern seen in ... consider drug-related lung
Algorithm for Diagnosis of Diffuse Cystic Lung Disease (DCLD)
Round, smooth cysts with normal lung parenchyma in
Algorithm for Diagnosis ... - LIP/FB, LCDD ... , SS Cyst pattern ... Disease #DCLD #pulmonary ... #Algorithm #Diagnosis