Interstitial Lung Disease Flashcards
Interstitial Lung Disease
Any disease affecting lung interstitium
Interferes with gas transfer
Restrictive lung pattern
Symptoms of InterstitIal Lung Disease
Breathlessness
Dry cough
Biopsies
Transbronchial
Thorascopic
Sacroidosis
Type 4
Granulomatous
Non-caseating granuloma of unknown aetiology
Less common in smokers
Sarcoidosis Incidence
10-20/100,000
Commonly affected areas with sarcoidosis
Lungs, lymph nodes, joints, liver, skin, eyes
Less common affected areas by sarcoidosis
Kidneys, brain, nerves heart
Acute Sarcoidosis
Erythema Nodosum Bilateral Hilar Lymphadenopathy Arthritis Uveitis, partotits Fever
Chronic Sarcoidosis
Lung infiltrates
Skin Infliltrates
Peripheral lymphadenopathy
Hypercalcaemia
Sarcoidosis Investigations
CXR - Bilateral Hilar Lymphadenopathy CT - peripheral nodular infiltrate Tissue Biopsy Pulmonary function test (Restrictive) Blood test (ACE, Ca+, inflammatory markers)
Treatment of acute sarcoidosis
None
Treatment of chronic sarcoidosis
Oral steroids needed
Immunosupression
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
Type III
Reaction to antigen lymphocytic alveolitis
Acute Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
Cough, breathlessness, fever, myalgia
Pyrexia, crackles, hypoxia
CXR = wide spread pulmonary inflitrates
Treatment of acute hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Oxygen, steroid and antigen avoidance