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Atopy and Antiallergy Therapy

#Atopy #Antiallergy #Therapy #Pathophysiology #Allergy #Omalizumab
Atopy and Antiallergy ... Therapy #Atopy ... Pathophysiology #Allergy ... #Omalizumab
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
Allergic Bronchopulmonary ... Aspergillosis (ABPA ... Anti-lgE therapy (Omalizumab ... @PulmPEEPs #Allergic ... Aspergillosis #ABPA
On the left we see a chest film with a typical finger-in-glove shadow.
The HRCT shows focal
eosinophilia) typical for Allergic ... aspergillosis (ABPA ... #CXR #CTChest #ABPA ... #Allergic #Aspergillosis
Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Infection:
 • Helminthic: Loffler syndrome (Ascaris, hookworm, Strongyloides), Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (lymphatic
coccidioidomycosis), Allergic ... (ABPA, ABPM) Medications
NAACP mnemonic for the major causes of Eosinophilia 
N = Neoplasia (CML, Hodgkins lymphoma) 
A =
lymphoma) A = Allergy ... / Atopy A = Asthma
Differential Diagnosis of Wheezing
 • Extrathoracic (wheezing Is typically inspiratory): Anaphylaxis, Vocal cord pathology, Laryngeal stenosis,
Churg-Strauss syndrome, Allergic ... bronchopulmonary (ABPA
Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Eosinophilia
Primary Eosinophilia:
 • Primary hypereosinophilic syndrome
 • Eosinophilic Leukemia
 • MPN/MDS
histiocytosis • Allergic ... eosinophilia, ABPA ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #allergy
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
fibrosis (CF) and allergic ... aspergillosis (ABPA ... ABPA is a hypersensitivity
ABPA Working Group Criteria

#ABPA #allergic #bronchopulmonary #aspergillosis #diagnosis #Criteria
ABPA Working Group ... Criteria #ABPA ... #allergic #bronchopulmonary
The infant with tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical Conditions to Consider
 - Bronchiolitis 
 - Pneumonia
family history of allergy ... /atopy - Cardiac