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ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
ILD of Known Cause ... Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity ... BrighamChiefs #ILD #Causes
Causes of Diffuse Lung Disease. 
Collagen vascular 
 - Scleroderma 
 - Rheumatoid arthritis 
 -
Causes of Diffuse ... inhalation - Hypersensitivity ... #Differential #Causes
Type III Hypersensitivity: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Definition: Small antigen-antibody complexes (produced from normal immune response to
Type III Hypersensitivity ... self-antigens are the cause ... antigens are the cause
Syncope - Cerebral hypoperfusion leading to transient lsos of consciousness causing alck of postural tone with
situational, carotid hypersensitivity ... • Non-syncopal cause ... 20%) • Unclear cause
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... , worse at the bases ... lung as nodules Hypersensitivity ... - Immunologic (hypersensitivity ... Diseases #ILD #Causes
Cystic Lung Disease
Upper Lobe Predominant: 
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, Pneumocystis Jiroveci, Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Paracoccidioidomycosis,
Pneumocystis Jiroveci, Hypersensitivity ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Causes of Myocarditis
Infectious Etiologies:
 • Viral agents: Adenoviruses, Enteroviruses (coxsackievirus), Herpesviruses (human herpesvirus 6, Epstein—Barr virus),
Causes of Myocarditis ... Interleukin-2 • Hypersensitivity ... diagnosis #cardiology #causes
Basophilia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Basophils < 1% of the total white blood cell count
Basophils function similarly
basophilic leukemia Hypersensitivity ... Chickenpox Other Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
alveolitis): • Hypersensitivity ... ILD caused by inhalation ... differential #pulmonary #causes
Comprehensive pathogenesis of IgA Nephropathy (i.e Berger’s Disease). 

IgA Nephropathy is the most common cause of
the most common cause ... - What type of Hypersensitivity ... PediatricNephrology #Hypersensitivity