Pulmonary Vascular Diseases Flashcards
What are the small-vessel vasculitis?
ANCA associated (GPA, MPA, EGPA)
Immune complex associated (cryoglobulinemic, hypocomplementemic urticarial, Goodpastures, IgA)
What are the medium-vessel vasculitis?
PAN
Kawasaki disease
What are the large-vessel vasculitis?
Takayasu
Giant cell arteritis
45 y/o white male presents with sinusitis, hemoptysis, uveitis, and hematuria. Renal biopsy reveals crescentric segmental necrosis with pauci-immune immunofluorescence. Antiproteinase ANCA positive. Diagnosis?
GPA
38 y/o female from Italy presents with hypoxemia and is intubated. Bronchoscopy reveals DAH. She has worsening renal failure and biopsy reveals crescentric segmental necrosis. Serum is MPO-ANCA+. Diagnosis?
MPA
28 y/o female presents with worsening neuropathies and asthma symptoms. CT biopsy of lung nodules reveals necrotizing eosinophilic granulomatosis. Serum is MPO-ANCA+. Diagnosis?
EGPA
What medications are known to “unmask” EGPA when started?
Leukotriene inhibitors
Mainstay of medical treatment in all ANCA vasculitis in standard therapy with limited disiease (2 meds)?
Steroids and methotrexate
If an ANCA vasculitis has severe disease, you drop the methotrexate and add on what medications for each ANCA vasculitis?
GPA - steroids + cyclophosphamide (or rituxan)
MPA- steroids + rituxan
EGPA steroids + cyclophosphamide or rituxan or anti-IL-5
Mainstay of medical treatment in all ANCA vasculitis in remission in limited disease (2 meds)?
MTX or AZA
Mainstay of medical treatment in all ANCA vasculitis in remission in refractory disease?
Some combo of steroids + rituxan/cyclophosphamide (except no CYC in MPA) and plasma exchange
How often are pulmonary features seen in giant cell arteritis?
25%
lung nodules, interstitial infiltrates, bronchocentric granulomas
How often is pulmonary HTN seen in Takayasu arteritis?
50%
What infections is PAN associated with?
HBV
HCV
True/False: PAN is often associated with DAH as one of its complications
FALSE
This never causes capillaritis, so consider another cause.
Since lungs are affected in 50% of the population in anti-GBM disease, what is a common presenting symptom?
DAH
Although cryoglobulinemic vasculitis associated DAH is only seen in ~3% of patients, what is its mortality rate?
80%
Treatment of cryoglobulinemic vasculitis?
Rituxan
What % of patients with DAH present with hemoptysis?
30%
Tell me the 2 things that causes DAH with pulmonary capillaritis?
AAVs (GPA, MPA, EGPA)
Connective tiissue disorders (SLE, RA, mixed connective tissue disorders, Behcet disease, polymyositis, IgA-associated vasculitis)
Tell me the 4 things that causes DAH with or without pulmonary capillaritis?
Goodpastures
SLE
Antiphospholipid syndrome
Drug-induced DAH
Tell me the other things that causes DAH withOUT pulmonary capillaritis?
Malignancies LAM PVOD Pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis Mitral stenosis Inhalation toxins (crack, trimetallic anhydride) Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis Drugs (anticoagulation, abciximab, ATRA, sirolimus)
Is DAH more commonly
found in autologous or
allogenic BMT?
Autologous BMT
Treatment of DAH?
High dose steroids (500mg-2g/day) for 5 days followed by gradual tapering and maintenance
Since DAH associated with antiphospholipid syndrome has rapidly progressive respiratory failure and a high mortality rate, what therapy might be indicated in the treatment in addition to steroids?
Early plasma exchange
Case: 15 y/o presents with recurrent hemoptysis and GGO’s on imaging. Labwork reveals iron-deficiency. Bronchoscopy is performed and biopsy shows bland-lung histopathology with fibrosis. Diagnosis?
Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis (IPH)
Treatment of IPH?
Immunosupression, plasma exchange, and gluten-free diet.
What is Lane-Hamilton
syndrome?
Association of gluten-sensitive sprue (celiac sprue) with idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis. Only 18 cases are described in the literature. All IPH patients should be screened for sprue with serologies (antigliadin and antiendomysial antibodies). Gluten-free diet seems key to therapy and prevention of relapses.
Sensitivity/specificity of the following testing methods for PE?
D-Dimer
V/Q scan
Spiral CTA
Extremity US
D-Dimer 96/40
V/Q scan 77/98
Spiral CTA 83/96
Extremity US 29/97
Case: 25 y/o woman who is 34 weeks pregnant presents with dyspnea. No LE swelling or pain. You’re concerned for PE. CXR ordered and shows right lung opacity. Whats the next test?
CTPE
Abnormal CXR means you can’t do a V/Q, and high pre-test probability means you should proceed with the CT PE
Tell me the following anticoagulant based on the following mechanism of action:
Binds ATIII and factor Xa
Heparin
Tell me the following anticoagulant based on the following mechanism of action:
Binds factor Xa»_space;» ATIII
Enoxaparin
Tell me the following anticoagulant based on the following mechanism of action:
Blocks vitakin K epoxide, slow decrease in factors II, VII, IX, X, and thrombin
Warfarin
Tell me the following anticoagulant based on the following mechanism of action:
Direct thrombin inhibitor
Argatroban