Aspiration Pneumonia
Aspiration Pneumonia Allen P. Burke, M.D. Fabio R. Tavora, M.D., Ph.D. Marie-Christine Aubry, M.D. Aspiration and Aspiration Pneumonia Clinical and Radiologic Findings Recurrent aspiration of gastric contents, or chronic occult…
Eosinophilic Pneumonia and Related Conditions
Eosinophilic Pneumonia and Related Conditions Allen P. Burke, M.D. Eosinophilic Lung Disease Terminology Eosinophilic lung disease forms a rare spectrum of idiopathic and secondary conditions that may be acute or…
Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Marie-Christine Aubry, M.D. Anja C. Roden, M.D. Allen P. Burke, M.D. Terminology Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH) is an interstitial lung disease characterized by an abnormal…
Hypersensitivity Pneumonia
Hypersensitivity Pneumonia Marie-Christine Aubry, M.D. Allen P. Burke, M.D. Seth Kligerman, M.D. Hypersensitivity Pneumonia Terminology and Definition Hypersensitivity pneumonia, also known as hypersensitivity pneumonia1,2 and extrinsic allergic alveolitis,3 is an…
Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Allen P. Burke, M.D. Marie-Christine Aubry, M.D. Seth Kligerman, M.D. Definition Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease characterized histologically by the presence of nonnecrotizing granulomas, with lung involvement occurring…
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Marie-Christine Aubry, M.D. Allen P. Burke, M.D. Definition Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is defined clinically and is, as such, not a pathologic term. Until recently,…
Rare Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias
Rare Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias Allen P. Burke, M.D. Marie-Christine Aubry, M.D. Seth Kligerman, M.D. Idiopathic Pleuroparenchymal Fibroelastosis Background Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE) was initially described in 2004 as a form…
Acute and Subacute Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias
Acute and Subacute Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias Marie-Christine Aubry, M.D. Allen P. Burke, M.D. Seth Kligerman, M.D. Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Terminology One of the first uses of a term related to…
Smoking-Related Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias
Smoking-Related Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias Allen P. Burke, M.D. Fabio R. Tavora, M.D., Ph.D. Seth Kligerman, M.D. Marie-Christine Aubry, M.D. Respiratory Bronchiolitis—Interstitial Lung Disease Terminology Respiratory bronchiolitis (RB) and desquamative interstitial…
Chronic Fibrosing Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias
Chronic Fibrosing Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias Marie-Christine Aubry, M.D. Allen P. Burke, M.D. Seth Kligerman, M.D. Usual Interstitial Pneumonia/Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Terminology Usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) is a form of diffuse…
