Sunday 31 October 2010

Honeycomb Lung Causes


Honeycomb Lung Causes (A-Z):
  • Acute interstitial pneumonitis survivors
  • Allergic alveolitis
  • Bronchiectasis (cystic fibrosis)
  • Collagen diseases (rheumatoid disease, scleroderma)
  • Drug-induced (bleomycin, cyclophosphamide, nitrofurantoin)
  • Eosinophilic granuloma
  • Neurofibromatosis
  • Non-specific interstitial pneumonitis (uncommonly)
  • Pneumoconiosis (asbestosis)
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Usual interstitial pneumonitis

Image: Honycomb Lung by Ed Uthman on Wikipedia (Public Domain)
Tags: Acute Interstitial Pneumonitis - Allergic Alveolitis - Bronchiectasis - Collagen Diseases - Eosinophilic Granuloma - Interstitial Pneumonitis - Neurofibromatosis - Pneumoconiosis - Sarcoidosis - Usual Interstitial Pneumonitis
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Steroid Responsive Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)

Steroid Responsive ILD (Listed A-Z):
  • Acute bronchiolitis
  • Allergic alveolitis
  • BOOP (Bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia)
  • Collagen diseases
  • Drug-induced ILD
  • Idiopathic interstitial pneumonitis
    AIP (Acute interstitial pneumonitis)
    DIP (Desquamative interstitial pneumonitis)
    LIP (Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis)
    NSIP (Non-specific interstitial pneumonitis)
    RB-ILD (Respiratory bronchiolitis - interstitial lung disease)
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Vasculitis
Tags: Acute Bronchiolitis - AIP - Allergic Alveolitis - BOOP - Collagen Diseases - DIP - Interstitial Lung Disease - Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonitis - Interstitial Pneumonitis - LIP - NSIP - RB-ILD - Sarcoidosis - Steroid - Vasculitis
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Syndromes - Anaesthesiology - Anatomy - Biochemistry - Cardiology - Dermatology - Drugs - Emergency Medicine-Endocrinology -Gastroenterology -Genetics - Geriatrics - Gynecology - Haematology - Hepatology - Immunology - Infection - Intensive Care - Metabolic Medicine - Microbiology - Nephrology - Neuroscience - Nutrition -Obstetrics - Oncology - Ophthalmology - Orthopaedics - Otolaryngology - Palliative Care - Pathology - Pharmacology - Physiology - Psychiatry - Public Health - Respiratory - Surgery - Toxicology - Tropical Medicine - Urology - Vascular - Virology.