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Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... • Radiation pneumonitis ... • Medication-induced ... • Idiopathic pulmonary ... Churg Strauss syndrome
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
the left some diseases ... nodular pattern. 1. ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #Nodular
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation Syndrome ... highly inflammatory disease ... -1 and IL-6, leading ... Sepsis • Drug-induced ... #Rheumatology
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced ... respiratory distress syndrome ... including: 1. ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... of amiodarone-induced
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... • Acute lupus pneumonitis ... • ANA titers > 1: ... Ro/La, anti-Jo-1, ... Antihistone: Drug induced
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
Into Two Types: 1. ... thrombophlebitis, pulmonary ... Antiphospholipid syndrome ... • Warfarin-induced ... Cryofibrinogenemia #diagnosis #rheumatology
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 ... Antinuclear antibodies ≥ 1: ... : • 10%-15% Pulmonary ... • Interstitial Pneumonitis ... #Rheumatology #
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
SAPHO syndrome is ... involve anterior chest ... osteoarticular and skin disease ... -1 inhibitors, IL ... #Rheumatology #
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
• Domestic and wild ... Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... patients such as: 1. ... • Dyspnea, • Chest
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Cushing's Syndrome ... hyperglycemia —+ mild ... atrophy due to reduced ... is suspected: chest ... #Cushings #Syndrome