Patients with connective tissue diseases frequently have symptoms of interstitial lung disease, and in some cases, the pulmonary symptoms may precede extrathoracic symptoms by months or even years.17 A diagnosis of IPF requires exclusion of other causes of lung disease, so it is imperative to evaluate patients for radiographic evidence of these connective tissue diseases.45
Identification of Comorbid Conditions on HRCT
Identification of Comorbid Conditions on HRCT
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Role of HRCT in Diagnosing Interstitial Lung Disease
- Overview of Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)
- Multidisciplinary Approach
- Narrowing the Differential Diagnosis
- Evaluating the Features of an HRCT Scan
- HRCT Interpretation Algorithm for Suspected Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease
- Criteria for UIP Pattern
- UIP Pattern
- Probable UIP Pattern
- Indeterminate for UIP Pattern
- Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonia
- NSIP Subpleural Sparing
- Differentiating UIP and NSIP
- Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia
- Spectrum of Findings with Chronic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
- Chronic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
- Fibrotic Sarcoidosis
- HRCT Diagnostic Criteria for HP, NSIP, and UIP
- Chronic HP Mimicking NSIP
- Quiz: Differentiating Between Chronic HP, NSIP, and UIP
- Optimal HRCT Technique for Evaluation of ILD
- Patient Case Studies
- Home
- HRCT Primer
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Role of HRCT in Diagnosing Interstitial Lung Disease
- Overview of Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)
- Multidisciplinary Approach
- Narrowing the Differential Diagnosis
- Evaluating the Features of an HRCT Scan
- HRCT Interpretation Algorithm for Suspected Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease
- Criteria for UIP Pattern
- UIP Pattern
- Probable UIP Pattern
- Indeterminate for UIP Pattern
- Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonia
- NSIP Subpleural Sparing
- Differentiating UIP and NSIP
- Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia
- Spectrum of Findings with Chronic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
- Chronic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
- Fibrotic Sarcoidosis
- HRCT Diagnostic Criteria for HP, NSIP, and UIP
- Chronic HP Mimicking NSIP
- Quiz: Differentiating Between Chronic HP, NSIP, and UIP
- Optimal HRCT Technique for Evaluation of ILD
- Patient Case Studies
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (an Update) and Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis in Adults: An Official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT Clinical Practice Guideline
Reference
17. Vij R, Strek ME. Diagnosis and treatment of connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease. Chest. 2013;143:814-824.
45. Raghu G, Remy-Jardin M, Myers JL, et al. Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. An Official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT Clinical Practice Guideline. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018;198(5):e44-e68.
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