Interstitial Lung Disease

Silicosis
• Radiographic findings
on chest x-ray can
consist of bilateral
consolidation
and/or ground glass
opacities, which tend to
appear in perihilar
regions.
Siliscosis ( Cont..)
Asbestosis
• There are no
pathognomonic
radiological features
specific for asbestosis 1.
Chest radiograph may
show irregular opacities
with a fine reticular
pattern. Additional
evidence of asbestos
exposure such as calcified
or noncalcified pleural
plaques may be evident.
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
• In population-based studies, the sensitivity
of chest radiography for detection of this
disease is relatively low 1. Many patients
may indeed have normal radiographs 3.

• Abnormal plain film findings may be

observed in some patients can include 3

• numerous poorly defined small (<5 mm)

opacities throughout both lungs, sometimes
with sparing of the apices and bases
• airspace disease: usually seen as ground-
glass opacities (can be patchy or diffuse,
resembling pulmonary oedema) or, more
rarely, as consolidation
• a pattern of fine reticulation may also occur
• zonal distribution is variable from patient to
patient and may even show temporal
variation within the same patient
Drug Induced ILD
• amiodarone lung
toxicity