Snippet 25: Interstitial Lung Abnormality (ILA) - What is New and What Has Changed


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The Fleischner Society position paper on ILA in 2020 set the tone for how we interpret and manage ILAs.

In April 2025, the ATS came out with a new position paper that partly changes the paradigm around the diagnosis and management of patients with ILAs.

The video discusses the differences between the two and what is relevant to us in practice.

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Technical and Practice Issues * Case 11: 62-years old misdiagnosed to have interstitial lung disease - mid-inspiratory and expiratory scans * Snippet 03: Radiation risk and CT chest * Case 23: 60-years old - 40-pack years smoker - right upper lobe nodule - resolved using “mean” reconstructions…

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