EOM study Flashcards
Gold standard for idopathic pulmonary fibrosis
High Resolution CT
Idopathic pulmonary fibrosis diagnostic find on HRCT
peripheral subpleural Reticular opacities
Traction Bronchiectasis
Honey combing
Treatment for Idopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Pirfenidone & nintedanib
Where in the lungs do sarcoidosis affects?
Lungs are affect in 90% of cases -> Upper lobe and bronchovascular bundles are affected.
Who is affected by sarcodosis the most?
Young, Females, African-American
Present b/w 20-40 years old
Disease with noncaseating granulomas.
Sarcoidosis
Lupus perino
Pathoneumonic for Sacrcoidosis. Violaceous rash on face, nose, lips and forehead.
Fever, Erythema nodosum, migratory polarthralgia, bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy
Lofgren syndrome -> seen in people w sarcoidosis
Heerfordt’s syndrome
Uveitis, parotid enlargement, chronic fever. -> seen in sarcoidosis
What are the signs of sarcoidosis?
cranial nerve palsy
Lupus perino
lofgren syndrome
Heerfordt’s syndrome
Treatment for sarcoidosis
Stage I -> self-limiting NSAIDS
Stage II &III-> corticosteroids or methotrexate, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine
Stage IV-> lung transplant
What treatment is used in refractory sarcoidosis?
Infliximab or adalimumab
Key CXR finding in sarcoidosis?
Bilaterl Hilar lymphadenopathy
Key serum finding sarcoidosis?
Increased ACE, Calcium and vitamin D
Mining, quarrying, stonework, foundries
High risk for silica inhalation = silicosis
