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Interstitial lung disease Flashcards

1
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What comprise the pulmonary interstitium?

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  • Alveolar lining cells type 1 and 2

* Thin elastin-rich connective component containing capillary blood vessels

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What takes place across alveolar walls?

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Gas exchange

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What are the features of alveolar walls?

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  • Elastic structure (allowing for ventilation)

* Very thin (allowing gas exchange)

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What is the early stage of interstitial lung disease?

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Alveolitis - injury with inflammatory cell infiltration

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What is associated with acute ILD?

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Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)

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What is the late stage of ILD?

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Fibrosis

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What do the clinical effects of ILD occur due to?

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  • Hypoxia (respiratory failure)

* Cardiac failure

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Is fibrosis in ILD diffuse or localised?

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Diffuse fibrosis – localised scarring won’t cause many problems

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What are causes of ILD?

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  • Environmental (minerals, drugs, radiation
  • Post-ARDS (post-infective episode)
  • Hypersensitivity (mouldy hay, avian proteins)
  • Unknown (idiopathic)
  • Connective tissue diseases – SLE, rheumatoid
  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)
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How is ILD diagnosed?

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Based on clinical features often with biopsy

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What are biopsy methods in ILD?

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Transbronchial biopsy – special forceps used in bronchoscopy (good for picking up granulomas in the case of TB, sarcoid etc)
Thoracoscopic biopsy – more invasive but more reliable and generates far more tissue

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12
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What is lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia?

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A cause of ILD

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What is lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia associated with?

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HIV

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What are causes of chronic ILD?

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  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Extrinsic allergic alveolitis (hypersensitivity pneumonitis)
  • Pneumoconiosis
  • Connective tissue diseases
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What is idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) also known as?

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Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis (CFA) or Usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP)

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What is IPF?

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Progressive interstitial fibrosis of unknown cause

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What are the clinical features of IPF?

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  • Variable associated inflammation

* Finger clubbing

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What is the pathology of IPF?

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  • Subpleural and basal fibrosis
  • Inflammatory component variable
  • Terminally lung structure replaced by dilated spaces surrounded by fibrous walls (honeycomb lung)
19
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What is extrinsic allergic alveolitis also known as?

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Hypersensitivity pneumonitis

20
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What is EAA?

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A chronic inflammatory disease affecting the small airways and interstitium with an allergic origin (type III and IV hypersensitivity mixed allergic response)

21
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What is EAA characterised by?

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Occasional granulomas

22
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What allergic responses are involved in EAA?

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Mixed allergic response

  • Type III - antibody mediated
  • Type IV - T cell mediated, granuloma formation
23
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What are causes of EAA?

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  • Thermophilic bacteria – Farmers lung
  • Avian proteins – Bird fanciers lung
  • Fungi – Malt workers lung
24
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What is used to diagnose EAA?

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  • Precipitins (antibodies) often detectable in serum

* Biopsy

25
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What is sarcoidosis?

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Multisystem granulomatous disorder of unknown cause

26
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What are clinical features of sarcoidosis?

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  • Granuloma formation
  • Uveitis (inflammation of iris)
  • Erythema nodosum
  • Lymphadenopathy
  • Hypercalcaemia
27
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How is sarcoidosis diagnosed?

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  • CXR - often see bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy
  • Restrictive defect in PFT
  • Transbronchial biopsy - granuloma
28
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TB and sarcoidosis both result in granuloma formation. How are the 2 distinguishable from one another?

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TB involves necrosis, sarcoidosis does not

29
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What is a common side effect of chronic sarcoidosis?

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Fibrosis due to chronic inflammation

30
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In what ways can connective tissue diseases affect the respiratory system?

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  • Interstitial fibrosis (milder than IPF)
  • Pleural effusions
  • Rheumatoid nodules
31
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What is a rheumatoid nodule?

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A necrotic nodule found in the lung - characteristic of rheumatoid

32
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What is pneumoconiosis?

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Lung disease caused by mineral dust exposure

33
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What are examples of pneumoconiosis?

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  • Asbestosis
  • Coal workers lung
  • Silicosis
34
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What does pneumoconiosis depend on?

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  • Particle size (1-5μm)
  • Reactivity of particle
  • Clearance of particle
  • Host response
35
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What is asbestos?

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A silicate

36
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What shape are asbestos fibres?

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  • Serpentine (curved) asbestos fibres relatively safe

* Straight (amphibole) asbestos highly dangerous

37
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What are the effects of asbestos exposure?

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  • Parietal pleural plaques (only caused by asbestos exposure)
  • Interstitial fibrosis (asbestosis)
  • Bronchial carcinoma
  • Mesothelioma

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