33 Result(s)
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Mycobacterial Infections
TB spreads by droplet infection from person to person (one active TB patient infects 10–15 others and >10 million new cases/year). Person-person spread of nontuberculos mycobacteria is rare.
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Miscellaneous, Mass-like, and Cystic Lesions
Nodular lymphoid hyperplasia, amyloidosis, pulmonary calcifications and ossifications, light-chain deposition disease, IgG4-related lung disease, pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma, emphysema with placental trans...
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Viral Infections
Clinically, viral pneumonias can be broadly classified into two types on the basis of host immunity. Nonspecific imaging features which may be shared by many common viral infections (with examples of few speci...
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Lung Involvement by Other Systemic Diseases
Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome, common variable immunodeficiency syndrome, Niemann-Pick disease and lung manifestations of inflammatory bowel disorder are discussed in this chapter.
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Lymphohistiocytic Tumors
MALT lymphoma, lymphomatoid granulomatosis, and DLBCL are classified as malignant primary pulmonary lymphoproliferative disorders. Nodular lymphoid hyperplasia, follicular bronchiolitis and lymphoid interstiti...
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Congenital Anomalies and Pediatric Lesions
Common congenital/developmental disorders of the lung include congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM), broncho-pulmonary sequestration, bronchogenic cyst, and congenital lobar emphysema. Swyer-James sy...
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Pneumoconiosis
Inhalational lung disorders caused by particulate materials; can be grouped into fibrotic or non-fibrotic.
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Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias
Heterogeneous group of diseases of unknown etiology which cause lung fibrosis (interstitial lung disease). In 2002, the ATS/ERS classification recognized seven clinico-pathologic entities. The 2013 updated ver...
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Vasculitis and Other Causes of Pulmonary Hemorrhage
Pulmonary vasculitis is inflammation and necrosis of pulmonary vasculature, most commonly capillaries.
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Bacterial Infections and Aspiration
Patterns of lung involvement can vary, depending on the virulence of the organism and immune status of the host. The same organism can have different presentations in different hosts (for instance, MTB in immu...
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Fungal Infections
Typically caused by inhalation of fungal organisms (spores or hyphae); broadly classified into two categories: Endemic and Opportunistic.
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Lung Manifestations of Collagen Vascular Diseases
Often asymptomatic, lung findings may appear before other manifestations.
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Parasitic Infections
Lung infections caused by two nematodes (strongyloides, dirofilaria), a cestode (echinococcus) and a protozoa (toxoplasma) are described.
