Sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis Armando E. Fraire MD Sarcoidosis, a systemic disease of unknown etiology often affecting the lungs and mediastinal lymph nodes, is characterized histopathologically by granulomas that are found distinctively along…
GENERAL
Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis
Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis Anna Sienko MD Philip T. Cagle MD Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, also termed alveolar lipoproteinosis, represents an autoimmune defect of the alveolar macrophages to remove surfactant with the…
Lipid Pneumonia
Lipid Pneumonia Timothy C. Allen MD, JD Roberto Barrios MD Lipid pneumonia, also termed endogenous lipoid pneumonia, postobstructive pneumonia, or “golden pneumonia,” occurs due to the escape of normally occurring…
Eosinophilic Pneumonia
Eosinophilic Pneumonia Roberto Barrios MD Keith M. Kerr FRCPath Hypereosinophilic syndromes with pulmonary involvement can be idiopathic or associated with a number of conditions such as parasitic infections, drug reactions,…
Intra-alveolar Hemorrhage
Intra-alveolar Hemorrhage Timothy C. Allen MD, JD Jaishree Jagirdar MD Philip T. Cagle MD Etiologies of intra-alveolar hemorrhage are often divided into diseases causing intra-alveolar hemorrhage associated with vasculitis, including…
Aspiration Pneumonia
Aspiration Pneumonia Timothy C. Allen MD, JD Roberto Barrios MD Abida Haque MD Philip T. Cagle MD Aspiration pneumonia in adults occurs generally from the aspiration of particulate gastric contents…
Acute Fibrinous and Organizing Pneumonia
Acute Fibrinous and Organizing Pneumonia Anna Sienko MD Acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia, also considered a form of acute lung injury, shares similar clinical presentation, causes, and some histologic features…
Organizing Pneumonia
Organizing Pneumonia Philip T. Cagle MD Timothy C. Allen MD, JD Organizing pneumonia was previously referred to as bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia, or BOOP. It may occur in organizing acute…
Pulmonary Edema
Pulmonary Edema Timothy C. Allen MD, JD Roberto Barrios MD Pulmonary edema, the accumulation of extravascular fluid in the lungs, often accompanies passive heart failure such as left heart failure…
Diffuse Alveolar Damage
Diffuse Alveolar Damage Anna Sienko MD Timothy C. Allen MD, JD Diffuse alveolar damage, clinically represented as acute respiratory distress syndrome, can be idiopathic. But it is more often due…
