Restrictive lung diseases Flashcards
Chest wall disorders that can cause restrictive lung disease
Polio
Obesity
Pleural disease
Kyphoscoliosis
Classic pulmonary function abnormalities in restrictive lung diseases
Decreases lung volumes
Decreased lung compliance
Decreased FEV1 and FVC
Normal to increased FEV1/FVC
General radiology finding in restrictive lung diseases
Bilateral lesions in the form of small nodules, irregular lines, or ground glass shadows
Restriction with normal DLCO
Extra-pulmonary cause
Restriction with increased DLCO
Pulmonary cause
Change in lung compliance curve in restrictive lung disease
Shifted down and to the right
Lung shows areas of contraction/scarring and formation of cystic spaces
Honeycomb lung
Clinicopathologic syndrome marked by progressive interstitial pulmonary fibrosis and respiratory failure. Has a usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) histologic pattern
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Lung disease caused by repetitive alveolar epithelial micro-injury and aberrant wound repair
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Profibrotic mediators in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
TGF-beta and PDGF
Earliest microscopic lesions in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Fibroblastic proliferation
Later microscopic lesion in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Dense collagenous fibrosis with less cellular areas
Microscopy of lung shows cystic spaces lined by hyperplastic type II pneumocytes or bronchiolar epithelium
Honeycomb lung
Treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Immunosuppressives - slow disease
Steroids
Cyclophosphamide
Azathioprine
Targeted therapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Tyrosine kinase inhibitor and TGF-beta antagonist
Only definitive therapy of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Lung transplant
Diffuse interstitial lung disease, either idiopathic or with associated CT disease. Biopsies fail to show diagnostic features.
Non-specific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP)
Cellular pattern of non-specific interstitial pneumonia
Lymphocytes and few plasma cells
Uniform or patchy
Fibrosing pattern of non-specific interstitial pneumonia
Diffuse or patchy interstitial fibrotic lesions of roughly the same stage of development
Lung findings absent in non-specific interstitial pneumonia
Fibroblastic foci
Honeycombing
Hyaline membranes
Granulomas
Restrictive lung disease that develops in response to infection or inflammatory injury to the lungs. Effectively resolved with corticosteroid therapy.
Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia/bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia
CXR findings in cryptogenic organizing pneumonia
Localized opacities or bilateral interstitial infiltrates that may migrate over time
Microscopy of lung shows subpleural or peri-bronchial patchy areas of airspace consolidation, polypoid plugs of loose organizing CT of a similar age, and no honeycombing or interstitial fibrosis.
Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia
Masson bodies
Polypoid plugs of loose organizing CT
Autoimmune diseases that can be associated with bronchiolitis
SLE
RA
Dermatomyositis/polymyositis
Autoimmune diseases that can be associated with bronchiectasis
RA
Autoimmune diseases that can be associated with acute DAD interstitial lung disease with or without hemorrhage
RA
SLE
Scleroderma
Dermatomyositis/polymyositis
Autoimmune diseases that can be associated with subacute/organizing (OP) pattern of interstitial lung disease
RA
SLE
Scleroderma
Dermatomyositis/polymyositis
Autoimmune diseases that can be associated with subacute cellular pattern of interstitial lung disease
RA
SLE
Scleroderma
Dermatomyositis/polymyositis
Autoimmune diseases that can be associated with chronic cellular and fibrotic pattern of interstitial lung disease
RA
SLE
Scleroderma
Dermatomyositis/polymyositis
Autoimmune diseases that can be associated with granulomatous interstitial pneumonia
RA
SLE
Autoimmune diseases that can be associated with vascular disease, HTN, or vasculitis in interstitial lung disease
RA
SLE
Scleroderma
Dermatomyositis/polymyositis
Caplan syndrome
Lung disease with RA and pneumoconiosis
Most dangerous particle size in pneumonoconiosis
1-5 mcm
Lung diseases associated with inhalation of coal dust
Anthracosis
Macules
Progressive massive fibrosis
Caplan syndrome
Lung diseases associated with inhalation of silica
Silicosis
Caplan syndrome
Lung diseases associated with asbestos
Asbestosis
Pleural plaques
Caplan syndrome
Mesothelioma
Carcinoma - lung, larynx, stomach, colon
Lung diseases associated with beryllium exposure
Acute berylliosis
Beryllium granulomatosis
Lung carcinoma
Lung disease associated with iron oxide exposure
Siderosis
Lung disease associated with barium sulfate exposure
Baritosis
Lung disease associated with tin oxide exposure
Stannosis
Lung diseases associated with inhalation of chemical fumes or vapors
Bronchitis
Asthma
Pulmonary edema
ARDS
Mucosal injury
Fulminant poisoning
Lung findings in simple coal worker’s pneumoconiosis
Coal macules
Coal nodules –> carbon laden macrophages
Centrilobular emphysema
Lung findings in complicated coal worker’s pneumonconiosis
Multiple intense black scars
Dense collagen and pigmentation with necrotic center
Most prevalent chronic occupational disease in the world
Silicosis
Occupations at risk for silicosis
Concrete workers
Sandblasting
Hard rock mining
Stone cutting
Inflammatory mediators associated with silicosis
IL-1 and IL-18
Complication associated with silicosis
Increased susceptibility to TB due to impaired macrophage function
Progressive pulmonary fibrosis
Lung cancer (2x the risk)
Lung shows tiny, discrete, pale to black nodules that coalesce to form hard collagenous scars. Nodules can undergo softening and cavitation.
Silicosis
Cause of nodule softening and cavitation in silicosis
Underlying TB
Ischemia
CXR finding in silicosis
Egg shell calcification –> thin sheet of calcification in the periphery lymph nodes
Microscopic hallmark of central area of whorled collagen fibers with peripheral zone of dust laden macrophages
Silicosis
Dust that can act as a tumor initiator and promoter
Asbestos
Dense collagen plaques that are often calcified. Form on the anterior and posterolateral aspects of parietal pleura and on domes of diaphragm
Localized fibrous plaques/pleural plaques in asbestos exposure
Asbestosis
Parenchymal interstitial fibrosis
Golden brown fusiform or beaded rods with a translucent center in lung biopsy
Asbestos rods/ferruginous bodies
Lung finding seen in berylliosis
Non-caseating granuloma
Test to differentiate berylliosis from sarcoidosis
Beryllium lymphocyte proliferation test
Pt presents with fever, out of proportion dyspnea, pleural effusion, and pulmonary infiltrations 1-6 mos after radiation therapy
Acute radiation pneumonitis
Diffuse alveolar damage associated with atypical of hyperplastic type II pneumocytes and fibroblasts. Epithelial cell atypia and foam cells within vessel walls. History of lung cancer with radiation.
Acute radiation pneumonitis
Features of chronic radiation pneumonitis
Pulmonary fibrosis with associated cyanosis
Pulmonary HTN and cor pulmonale
Systemic granulomatous disease of unknown etiology with disordered immune regulation, seen in genetically predisposed
Sarcoidosis
Genetic factors of sarcoidosis
HLA association - A1 and B8
Morphology findings of sarcoidosis
Non-caseating granulomas
Asteroid bodies
Schaumann bodies
Non-caseating granuloma description
Aggregates of tightly clustered epithelioid macrophages, often with giant cells
Asteroid bodies description
Stellate inclusions in giant cells
Schaumann bodies descripiton
Laminated concretions of calcium and proteins
Lupus pernio
Violaceous nodules over nose, cheeks, and ears
Seen in sarcoidosis
Skin lesions seen in sarcoidosis
Lupus pernio
Erythema nodosum
Ocular findings in sarcoidosis
Iritis or iridiocyclitis
Corneal opacities
Glaucoma
Total loss of vision
Mikulicz syndrome
Enlargement of lacrimal glands and salivary glands
Seen in sarcoidosis
Cardiac findings in sarcoidosis
AV block
Restrictive cardiomyopathy
One of the causes of metastatic calcification in sarcoidosis
1-alpha hydroxylase activity convers vit D to its active form, leading to hypercalcemia
Findings of BAL in sarcoidosis
Increased proportion of CD4 T cells
Pt presents with gradual onset of SOB, dry cough, fatigue, tightening of skin, exaggerated cold response, reflux, and difficulty swallowing.
Systemic sclerosis associated interstitial lung disease
Pathophysiology of hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Mixed type III (more common) and type IV hypersensitivity reactions
Findings of BAL in hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Increased lymphocytes
Increased proinflammatory cytokines
Fever, dyspnea, cough, and leukocytosis start 4-6 hrs after exposure and last for couple days. CXR shows micronodular interstitial infiltrates.
Acute form of hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Large collections of macrophages with abundant cytoplasm containing a dust brown pigment (smoker’s macrophages) in the airspaces of a current or former smoker. Thickened alveolar septa lined by plump cuboidal pneumocytes. Mild interstitial fibrosis.
Desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP)
Treatment for desquamative interstitial pneumonia
Steroid therapy and cessation of smoking
Marked chronic inflammation and peribronchiolar fibrosis. Presence of pigmented intraluminal macrophages within first and second order respiratory bronchioles.
Respiratory bronchiolitis
Caused by defects related to GM-CSF signaling causing pulmonary macrophage dysfunction leading to accumulation of surfactant in the intra-alveolar and bronchiolar spaces
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
Features of alveolar precipitate in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
PAS positive
Contains cholesterol clefts and surfactant proteins
Pt presents with fever and productive cough with sputum that has chunks of gelatinous material. BAL is PAS positive.
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis