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Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Interstitial Lung Disease ... Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), • Pulmonary ... leaking out of pulmonary ... reaction to inhaled antigen ... Connective Tissue Disease
Anti-GIomeruIar Basement Membrane Disease (Goodpasture's Disease)

What is it? A small vessel vasculitis with circulating antibodies directed
Basement Membrane Disease ... (Goodpasture's Disease ... Basement #Membrane #Disease ... #Goodpastures #AntiGBM ... diagnosis #nephrology #pulmonary
Pulmonary Histoplasmosis
Quick Facts on Histoplasma capsulatum:
 • Dimorphic fungi, in yeast phase within the body
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Pulmonary Histoplasmosis ... endemic fungal disease ... Serum and Urine, Antigen ... • Severe disease ... @PulmPEEPs #Pulmonary
Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)
 • CEA is a highly glycosylated cell surface glycoprotein involved in intercellular adhesion
Carcinoembryonic antigen ... elevated CEA levels: Pulmonary ... Smokers, Renal disease ... Carcinoembryonic #antigen
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Histoplasma urinary antigen ... extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... of cryptococcal antigen ... 40% Invasive Disease
General overview of lung diseases. 

#diagnosis #causes #lung #disease #restrictive #obstructive #pulmonary #respiratory #pearls #ddxof
overview of lung diseases ... #causes #lung #disease ... #obstructive #pulmonary
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary disease in HIV-infected patients

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via #IDFellowCase

#ID  #Infectious
appearances of pulmonary ... disease in HIV-infected ... ID #Infectious Diseases ... AIDS #Pneumonia #Pulmonary
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
veno-occlusive disease ... due to lung disease ... lung disease Other ... pulmonary disease ... , Gaucher disease
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
appearances of pulmonary ... diseases in HIV ... Drug toxicity, Pulmonary ... , Pulmonary alveolar ... ID_fellows #HIVAIDS #pulmonary
Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
with suspected pulmonary ... congenital heart disease ... thromboembolic pulmonary ... veno-occlusive disease ... , chronic lung disease