Saturday 30 October 2010

Upper Lobe Infiltrations or Fibrosis on Chest Xray

Aetiological Factors:
  • Allergic alveolitis
  • Ankylosing spondylitis
  • Eosiniphilic granuloma
  • Histoplasmosis
  • Radiation pneumonitis
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Rhodococcus equi
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Silicosis progressive massive fibrosis
  • Sporotrichosis
  • Talcosis
  • Tuberculosis