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Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Pulmonary • Interstitial ... , UIP, NSIP): • ... Lymphocytic interstitial ... 20% Renal: • Interstitial ... Rheumatology #Diagnosis #Management
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Pneumonia • (UIP ... ) Usual Interstitial ... Pneumonia • (DIP ... Pneumonia • (LIP
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
disease-associated interstitial ... lung diseases LIP ... : lymphoid interstitial ... I-JIP: usual interstitial ... AIP: acute interstitial
Diagnostic algorithm for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, in part adapted from the ATS/ERS consensus statement. HRCT =
tomography; ILD = interstitial ... pulmonary fibrosis; UIP ... = usual interstitial ... pneumonitis #IPF #UIP
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Interstitial Lung ... ), Nonspecific interstitial ... pneumonia (DIP) ... , Acute interstitial ... pneumonia (AIP)
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
Thickening of the interstitium ... the alveoli) or interstitial ... predominance: UIP ... , NSIP, DIP. - Centrilobular
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
The idiopathic interstitial ... unknown cause and interstitial ... findings of NSIP, UIP ... , OP and LIP have ... CTChest #Idiopathic #Interstitial
Management of Acute Tubulointerstitial Nephritis (aka Acute Interstitial Nephritis). Simplified management algorithm for investigation and treatment
Management of Acute ... Nephritis (aka Acute Interstitial ... Simplified management ... treatment of Acute Interstitial ... biopsy in Acute Interstitial
Management of interstitial lung disease (ILD)-associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc)

Therapeutic indication: absolute decline in FVC >10%
Management of interstitial ... ThoreauBenjamin #interstitial ... #indications #management
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
imaging findings in interstitial ... whether there is interstitial ... However sometimes an interstitial ... in many cases UIP ... Pulmonary #CXR #Interstitial