Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD) Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird fanciers' lung, (Many others...) • Pneumoconioses (i.e. ILD caused by inhalation of inorganic substances): Coal (coal workers' lung), Asbestos (asbestosis), Silica (silicosis), Beryllium (berylliosis) • Radiation pneumonitis • Medication-induced ILD: Amiodarone, Nitrofurantoin, Methotrexate ILD Secondary to Connective Tissue Disease: • Systemic sclerosis, Rheumatoid arthritis, Mixed connective tissue disease, Polymyositis-dermatomyositis, Lupus Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias: • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP), Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP), Respiratory bronchiolitis-interstitial lung disease (RB-ILD), Desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP), Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP) Other ILDs: • Sarcoidosis • Vasculitis: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (a.k.a. Churg Strauss syndrome) • Eosinophilic pneumonia: Acute, Chronic • Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis - Dr. Eric Strong @DrEricStrong - Strong Medicine https://www.youtube.com/c/EricsMedi #Interstitial #Lung #Diseases #ILD #diagnosis #differential #pulmonary #causes
