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Eosinophilic meningitis
#eosinophilicmeningitis #eosmeningitis #angiostrongylus #baylisascaris #gnathostoma #raccoon #snail

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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 ... polyangiitis, Eosinophilic ... syndrome) • Eosinophilic ... pneumonia: Acute, Chronic ... #diagnosis #differential
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
, Pneumonitis, ACEi ... Autoimmune Vasculitis, ILD ... Malignancy: Lung ... Schema #Acute #Chronic ... #Differential #
Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Eosinophilia
Primary Eosinophilia:
 • Primary hypereosinophilic syndrome
 • Eosinophilic Leukemia
 • MPN/MDS
Eosinophilia - Differential ... GI, lung, skin), ... ) • Infectious: ... insufficiency, Chronic ... #Differential #
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Lung Diseases ... cough, SOB • Chronic ... , CNS, skin • Infectious ... #pulmonary #differential ... diagnosis #comparison #table
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
other interstitial pneumonias ... Anti-dsDNA, ANCA COP DDX ... organizing pneumonia, Chronic ... eosinophilia pneumonia ... BOOP #pulmonary #ILD
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
histiocytosis (PLCH) • Eosinophilic ... intersitial space Infection ... Beomycin • Acute or Chronic ... Radiation Pneumonitis ... #Diseases #ILD
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... pneumonia • Chronic ... Pneumonitis 3. ... Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
rarely present with eosinophilic ... • Chronic toxicity ... (e.g., chronic ... failure - Infectious ... Exclusion of other ILDs
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
centrifugum • A chronic ... cancers, including lung ... shows numerous eosinophils ... Erythemas #comparison #table ... #differential #