GENERAL

Sarcoidosis

Oct 10, 2016 by in GENERAL Comments Off on 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…

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Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis

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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…

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Lipid Pneumonia

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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…

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Eosinophilic Pneumonia

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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,…

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Intra-alveolar Hemorrhage

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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…

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Aspiration Pneumonia

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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…

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Acute Fibrinous and Organizing Pneumonia

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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…

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Organizing Pneumonia

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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…

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Pulmonary Edema

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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…

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Diffuse Alveolar Damage

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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…

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