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Interstitial Lung Disease

Interstitial Lung Disease: Excerpt from A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis

Interstitial Disease of Known Etiology


Inorganic dusts
   Silica
   Silicates, especially asbestos, talc, kaolin,
diatomaceous earth
   Aluminum
       Powdered aluminum
       Bauxite
   Antimony
   Carbon
       Coal
       Granite
   Beryllium
   Mixed dusts
   Metal dusts, especially titanium, tungsten, cadmium
Organic dusts (hypersensitivity pneumonitis)
   Farmer's lung
   Humidifier lung
   Bagassosis
   Many others (see reference 2)
Gases, fumes, vapors, aerosols
   Gases
       Oxygen
       Sulfur dioxide
       Chlorine gas
   Fumes
       Oxides of zinc, cadmium, copper, and others
       Mercury
       Toluene diisocyanate
   Aerosols
       Fats
       Pyrethrum
       Bordeaux mixture
Drugs
   Chemotherapeutic agents
       Busulfan
       Bleomycin
       Cyclophosphamide
       Methotrexate
       Nitrosoureas
       Procarbazine
       Mitomycin
   Antibiotics
       Nitrofurantoin
       Sulfonamides
       Penicillin
   Others
       Diphenylhydantoin
       Drugs causing drug-induced lupus
       Gold salts
       Amiodarone
       Methysergide
       Carbamazepine
       Propranolol
Poisons
   Paraquat
Infections
Radiation injury (acute or chronic)
Graft-versus-host reaction
Chronic pulmonary edema
Chronic uremia
Adult respiratory distress syndrome

Interstitial Disease of Unknown Etiology


Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Sarcoidosis
Collagen vascular disease/autoimmune diseases
   Rheumatoid arthritis
   Progressive systemic sclerosis
   Systemic lupus erythematosus
   Polymyositis-dermatomyositis
   Sjögren's syndrome
Vasculitis
   Wegener's granulomatosis
   Lymphomatoid granulomatosis
   Churg-Strauss syndrome
   Hypersensitivity vasculitis
   Overlap syndromes
Eosinophilic lung disease
   Eosinophilic granuloma
   Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
   Hypereosinophilic syndrome
Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis
Goodpasture's syndrome
Immunoblastic lymphadenopathy
Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis
Lymphangiomyomatosis
Amyloidosis
Alveolar proteinosis
Bronchocentric granulomatosis
Inherited disorders
   Familial interstitial fibrosis
   Tuberous sclerosis
   Neurofibromatosis
   Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
   Niemann-Pick disease
   Gaucher's disease
Liver disease
   Chronic active hepatitis
   Primary biliary cirrhosis
Bowel disease
   Whipple's disease
   Ulcerative colitis
   Crohn's disease
   Weber-Christian disease

References


1. Reynolds HY: Interstitial Lung Diseases, p. 1095. See Bibliography, 3.
2. Fulmer JD, Katzenstein AA: The Interstitial Lung Diseases, pp. 1–15, section L. See Bibliography, 11.
3. King TE, Chemisck RM, Schwarz MI: IP F and other Interstitial Lung Diseases of Unknown Etiology, pp. 1827–1849. See Bibliography, 5.

Book Source Details

  • Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
  • Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
  • Year of Publication: 1999
  • Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
Authors: Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Copyright: 1999
ISBN: 0-78171-943-7

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