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
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Pulmonary Complications Following Stem Cell Transplant
For patients in the pre- engraftment period (day 0-30):
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Pulmonary infections
- Pulmonary edema
- Engraftment syndrome (typically within 10 days, more common with autologous transplant)
- Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (more common in allogenic than autologous)
- Idiopathic pneumonia syndrome (more common in allo than auto)
- Hyperacute/acute GVHD predominate.
- TRALI/TACO due to transfusion support
For patients in the early post- engraftment period (Engraftment day-100 days post engraftment):
- Infectious more likely (viral- influenza, CMV, adenovirus, bacterial- pneumococcus, legionella, nocardia,actinomyces,mycobacteria, and fungal- PCP, aspergillus)
- Idiopathic pneumonia syndrome
- Drug toxicity/Radiation pneumonitis
For patients in the post-engraftment period (day 100 onward):
- Bronchiolitis obliterans
- Organizing pneumonia
- Malignancy
- Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis/pulmonary cytolytic thrombi
- Radiation pneumonitis
- Autoimmune connective tissue disorders
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Reversed Halo Sign - Infectious and Non-Infectious Differential Diagnosis
Definition: A focal rounded area of GGO surrounded by a crescent or complete ring of consolidation
• Infectious Causes: Mucormycosis, Invasive aspergillosis, Paracoccidioidomycosis, Histoplasmosis, Slow-resolving pneumococcal pneumonia, Psittacosis, Legionellosis, Tuberculosis, Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia
• Non-Infectious Causes: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener), Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Sarcoidosis, Dermatomyositis, Lung adenocarcinoma, Lymphomatoid granulomatosis, Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, Pulmonary embolism, Lipid pneumonia
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Non-Resolving Pneumonias: Etiologies
Unusual Infections:
- Immunocompromised patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium, Aspergillosis, Nocardia)
- Endemic Fungi (e.g.: Histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, coccidioides).
- Zoonotic (e.g.: tularemia/rabbits, chlamydia psittaci/avian, leptospirosis or yersinia/rats, Q fever/farm)
- Returning travelers (e.g.: Burkholderia pseudomallei, hanta virus,.. )
Neoplasms:
- Bronchogenic Carcinoma.
- Lymphoma.
Immunologic disorders:
- Vasculitis (granulomatosis with polyangiitis, microscopic polyangiitis).
- Eosinophilic PNA (acute or chronic).
- Sarcoidosis.
- Cryptogenic organizing PNA.
- Alveolar proteinosis.
- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
- Other Rheum (RA, SLE, ...)
Others:
- Pulmonary vascular abnormalities (Pulmonary infarction/PE, CHF)
- Drug toxicity (Amio, bleomycin, MTX,..)
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Reverse Halo Sign
Defined as a central ground class opacity surrounded by a ring of dense consolidation
Differential Diagnosis:
• Infection: Mucormycosis, Aspergillosis, Tuberculosis, Pneumocystis jiroveci
• Autoimmune: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis
• Vasculature: Pulmonary infarction secondary to PE
• Malignancy: Primary pulmonary neoplasms, metastatic disease
• Other: Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, Sarcoidosis, Radiation pneumonitis
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Lung Nodules - Differential Diagnosis by Distribution
• Centrilobular: Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, RB-ILD, Pneumoconiosis, Infectious Bronchiolitis, Vasculitis, Diffuse panbronchiolitis
• Perilymphatic: Sarcoidosis, Silicosis, Amyloidosis, LIP, Lymphangitis Carcinomatosis
• Random: Metastasis, Infectious (viral, TB, fungal), Septic emboli, LCH
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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
• Acute Infections: Lung abscess, Necrotizing Pneumonia, Septic Emboli, Fungal Infection, Nocardia
Chronic (≥ 12 weeks):
• Chronic Infections: TB, NTB, Fungal, Parasitic, Viral
• Malignancy: Primary lung cancer, Metastatic lung disease
• Autoimmunity: RA, GPA
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Hemoptysis Differential Diagnosis Framework
Cardiovascular: Pulmonary embolism, Heart failure, Vasculitis, Valvular disease, Arteriovenous malformation
Pulmonary - Airway: Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis, Malignancy, Foreign body, Iatrogenic, Bronchovascular fistula
Pulmonary - Parenchyma: Pneumonia, Lung abscess, Tuberculosis, Fungal infection, Paragonimiasis
Other: Catamenial hemoptysis, Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis
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