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Interstitial lung disease Flashcards

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Signs and symptoms of interstitial lung disease

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  1. Dyspnoea
  2. Clubbing
  3. Fine late inspiratory crackles (fibrosis)
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Findings on CXR

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Reticular nodular pattern

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Causes of interstitial lung disease

  • Upper lobe (FASTEN)
  • Lower lobe (CAMRAS)
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Upper lobe (FASTEN)

  • Farmer’s lung (hypersensitivity pneumonitis)
  • Ankylosing spondylitis
  • Sarcoidosis, silicosis
  • TB
  • Eosinophilic granuloma/Langerhan’s cell histiocytosis
  • Neurofibromatosis

Lower lobe (CAMRAS)

  • Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis
  • Amiodarone
  • Methotrexate
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Asbestosis
  • Scleroderma
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Buzzword: bilateral lymphadenopathy on CXR

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Sarcoidosis

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Extra-pulmonary manifestations of sarcoidosis

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  1. Cardio: arrhythmias, sudden death
  2. Ophthal: uveitis
  3. Skin: papules, erythema nodosum
  4. Peripheral lymphadenopathy
  5. Arthralgia
  6. Hepato and splenomegaly
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Pneumoconiosis

  1. Cause
  2. 3 diseases
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  1. Inorganic dust

2. Silicosis, asbestosis, coal-worker’s pneumoconiosis

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Buzzword: egg shell calcification

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Silicosis

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Buzzword: pipe fitter/plumber/shipyard/insulator

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Asbestosis

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