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1
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Group of lung dz affecting the interstitium
Restrictive deficits
Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Dz (DPLD); newer term

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= Interstitial Lung Dz (ILD); older term

2
Q
MC Dx of ILD/DPLD
Cough, DOE
PFTs, serial CXRs (bilat progressive fibrosis), CT (honeycombing, small ground glass)
Dx of exclusion (Bx excludes others)
Tx prednisone + azathioprine 3-6 months
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Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)

3
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Multisystem dz c granulomatous inflamm
Non-infectious
Swed, Denmark, Norway, AA (female), Japan

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Sarcoidosis

4
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Signs/Sxs (Sarcoid)

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>90% pulm findings (DOE, dry non-productive cough)
Also: 
Skin: Erythema NODOSUM, lupus pernio, 
Heart: Ventricular arrhythmias, 
Ocular: UVEITIS, Iritis
Parotid gland enlargement, LAD
ARTHRALGIA
CNS
Granulomatous hepatitis (hepatomegaly)
5
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Dx (Sarcoid)

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Bx: NON-CASEATING GRANULOMAS
CXR: bilateral perihilar adenopathy
Inc ACE, ESR, CRP, +RF
HYPERCALCEMIA (2/2 inc calcitriol)
Hypergammaglobulinemia
CBC - leukopenia, eosinophilia
6
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Tx (Sarcoid)

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Oral corticosteroids

7
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Group of lung disorders based on environmental exposure

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Pneumoconioses

8
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Chronic fibrotic lung
Inhal of coal dust ingested by alv macrophages
Coal, graphite, WV, PA
CXR mult UL nodular opacities, coalesce

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Coal Worker’s Pneumoconiosis

9
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Formation of small rounded opacities
Prolonged inhalation of silica
Sand, rock, stone, quarry, brick, mortar
INC incidence of pulmonary TB
CXR UL > LL, Calcified hilar LN, "egg shell"
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Silicosis

10
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Nodular interstitial fibrosis
Progressive dyspnea
Smoking accel disease & inc risk of lung ca
Assoc c MESOTHELIOMA
PLEURAL PLAQUE, clubbing
CXR (fibrosis>cysts>honeycombing); LL > UL
Insulation, construction, shipyard, plumber

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Asbestosis