GENERAL

Acute Transplant Rejection

Oct 10, 2016 by in GENERAL Comments Off on Acute Transplant Rejection

Acute Transplant Rejection Anna Sienko MD Transbronchial biopsy is frequently used for evaluation of lung transplant recipients, both for scheduled routine follow-up, for diagnosis when the patient develops functional or…

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Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

Oct 10, 2016 by in GENERAL Comments Off on Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Timothy C. Allen MD, JD Philip T. Cagle MD More than 90% of cases of pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis occur in cigarette smokers ranging from approximately 20…

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Intravenous Drug Abuse

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Intravenous Drug Abuse Timothy C. Allen MD, JD Intravenous injection of drugs meant for oral administration results in the deposition within lung capillaries, arterioles, or small to medium-size arteries of…

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Lymphangioleiomyomatosis

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Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Timothy C. Allen MD, JD Lymphangioleiomyomatosis is a rare disease characteristically found in women of childbearing age, presenting with shortness of breath, cough, recurrent pneumothoraces, and chylothorax. Patients demonstrate…

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Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias

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Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias Timothy C. Allen MD, JD Philip T. Cagle MD The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias include usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP, the pathologic correlate of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF),…

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Pneumoconioses

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Pneumoconioses Timothy C. Allen MD, JD Philip T. Cagle MD The pneumoconioses are a group of diseases characterized by lung parenchymal changes due to inhalation of inorganic dusts. The exposures…

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease Anna Sienko MD Pulmonary manifestations in inflammatory bowel disease, both in Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis, are well documented. Best characterized and seen more often in Crohn…

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Drug Reactions

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Drug Reactions Timothy C. Allen MD, JD Jaishree Jagirdar MD Philip T. Cagle MD Pulmonary reactions to drugs may be idiosyncratic or dose related and include diffuse alveolar damage, intra-alveolar…

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Collagen Vascular Diseases

Oct 10, 2016 by in GENERAL Comments Off on Collagen Vascular Diseases

Collagen Vascular Diseases Timothy C. Allen MD, JD Jaishree Jagirdar MD Philip T. Cagle MD Collagen vascular diseases that may involve the lungs include rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, progressive…

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Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

Oct 10, 2016 by in GENERAL Comments Off on Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Armando E. Fraire MD Philip T. Cagle MD Broadly defined as a state of exaggerated immune response to a wide variety of antigenic substances, hypersensitivity pneumonitis refers to…

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