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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia (COP ... BOOP • Type of interstitial ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Pulmonary lymphoma, Diffuse ... BOOP #pulmonary #ILD
Causes of Pulmonary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
 • Idiopathic
 • Associated with:
Causes of Pulmonary ... Idiopathic • Associated ... Hypoxemia: • COPD ... • Interstitial ... #Causes
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... is rare but is associated ... • Patchy or diffuse ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... LDH • ↑ ESR, CRP
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Anti-MDA5 (RP-ILD ... Anti-TIF1 (cancer-associated ... Heliotrope • Interstitial ... statins - probably caused ... methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA