Restrictive2 Flashcards
Has noncaseating granulomas with schaumann bodies and asteroid bodies
Sarcoidosis
Laminated concretions of Ca and proteins
Sarcoidosis
Stellate inclusions in giant cells
Sarcoidosis
Hilar and mediastinal LNs calcified. Spleen enlarged. Granulomas in portal tract of liver. Bone marrow of phalangeal bones in hands and feet involved
Sarcoidosis
Bronchoscope can biopsies high yield
Sarcoidosis
Iritis and lacrimal gland inflammation (dacroadenitis)
Sarcoidosis
Dacroadenitis and BL involvement of parotid, submaxillary, and sublingual glands
Mikulicz syndrome. Sarcoidosis
Anorexia, weight loss, night sweats
Sarcoidosis
Unpredictable course. 2/3rds recover w/o any problems. 20% get permanent loss of visual/lung fn. 10-15% die of cardiac, lung, or CNS disease (usually progressive pulmonary fibrosis)
Sarcoidosis
Hilar lympadenopathy sarcoidosis
Best prognosis
Immunologically mediated. Prolonged exposure to inhaled organic dusts and occupational antigens
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Has type 3 immune complex rx and type 4 hypersensitivity granulomatous rx
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Inhaled spores of actinomycetes
Farmers lung - hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Noncaseating granulomas
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Occurs in previously sensitized pts. Fever, SOB, cough, increased WBC 4-6 hrs after re-exposure
Acute attacks of hypersensitivity pneumonitis