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ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
- Differential ... Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis ... • Treatment Related ... Chemotherapeutic Systemic ... #interstitial #lung
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Post-infectious, Pneumonitis ... Autoimmune Vasculitis, ILD ... Malignancy: Lung ... Acute #Chronic #Differential ... #Algorithm
Dyspnea - Considerations with Malignancy
Directly Malignancy Related:
 - Lymphangitic spread to lung
 - Malignant pleural effusion
Lymphangitic spread to lung ... metastases Treatment ... - Conduction system ... NEJMcps1414168 #dyspnea #algorithm ... #differential #
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Diagnosis Algorithm ... this should be 1° ... Rheumatoid Arthritis, Systemic ... Chronic Radiation Pneumonitis ... #Diseases #ILD
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
-1 and IL-6, leading ... rash) • Heart, lung ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... Diagnosis #Management #Hematology ... #Rheumatology
Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Eosinophilia
Primary Eosinophilia:
 • Primary hypereosinophilic syndrome
 • Eosinophilic Leukemia
 • MPN/MDS
Eosinophilia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... GI, lung, skin), ... B-cell lymphomas), Systemic ... Viral (HIV, HTLV-1)
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
very remarkable w/differential ... of the steroid treatment ... Treatment of GCA ... day, followed by long ... them, but urgent rheumatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
permanent alopecia Differential ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... • Acute lupus pneumonitis ... • ANA titers > 1: ... Ro/La, anti-Jo-1,
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Epidemiology: • F > M: 9:1 ... • Interstitial Pneumonitis ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment ... Sjogrens #Syndrome #Rheumatology
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
PMR) is a common systemic ... normal and can help differentiate ... TREATMENT: • The ... mainstay of treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Rheumatology