ILD And Vacular Dz Flashcards
What is the definition of ILD
A group of respiratory disorders with many potential causes featuring variable degrees of pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis
What are the common S/s of ILD
Cough, dyspnea, restrictive pattern on PFTS
Can be with a co existing airflow obstruction (mixed) pattern
Decreased DLCO
INCREASED alveolar-arterial oxygen difference at rest or during exertion
What is the CXR finding in ILD
Dyspnea, late inspiratory crackles and CXR with septal thickening and reticulonodular changes.
Does ILD effect the airways proximal to the bronchioles
NO!
Leads to obliteration of capillaries & fibrosis
What is the pathophy of ILD
injury leading to attempted repair causing fibrosis and a honeycomb pattern on CXR and secondary pulm hypertension
What is the general etiology of ILD
No specific cause found in most patients
Most common known causes are medications & inorganic/organic dusts, radiation
Strong correlation with connective tissue disease
—Rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, polymyositis, dermatomyositis, Sjogren syndrome
What are the common CXR findings of ILD
Diffuse ground glass pattern
Progression to Reticular/linear infiltrates
Nodules (reticulonodular infiltrates)
Ill-defined nodules with air bronochograms
(Acinar rosettes)
What is the common CXR finding in sarcoidosis
hilar and mediastinal adenopathy
What is the common CXR finding in Berylliosis
hilar and mediastinal adenopathy
What is the common CXR finding in Silicosis
hilar and mediastinal adenopathy
What is the common CXR finding in chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
peripherally located pulmonary infiltrates in the upper and middle lung zones with relatively clear perihilar and central zones
You see peripherally located pulmonary infiltrates in the upper and middle lung zones with relatively clear perihilar and central zones CXR think ?
Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
What are the adv/ disadvantages of CXR
can be helpful but often not diagnostic, low radiation
What are a the adv/ disadv of CT
can be much more diagnostic than CXR , higher radiation (but still low risk)
What are the procedural complications of Tissue Bx
Bleeding, pneumothorax, truama
You see decreased lung volumes, honeycombing, perihilar reticular changes with a lower lobe predominance
Think
ILD- Idiopathic pulm fibrosis
What type of infiltrates are seen in crypogenic organizing pneumonia
Migratory infiltrates
What type of infiltrates are seen in chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
Migratory infiltrates
What is the most common type of ILD
Idiopathic pul fibrosis
What is the appraoch to idiopathic interstitium pneumonias
1st step—identify pts whose disease is truly idiopathic
i.e., not infectious, med-related, environmental, occupational or connective tissue related
Careful medical hx
CXR & high-resolution CT may be diagnostic
Lung biopsy often required for definitive dx
What is “usual” interstitium pneumonia
lung injury characterized by patchy collagen fibrosis with associated scarring distributed in a peripheral, sub-pleural fashion with honeycomb changes.
You see lung injury characterized by patchy collagen fibrosis with associated scarring distributed in a peripheral, sub-pleural fashion with honeycomb changes.
What is this?
UIP, usually interstitium pneumonia