Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a common term that includes over 130 chronic lung disorders. The lung is affected in three ways: the tissue is damaged; the walls of the air sacs become inflamed; and scarring (or fibrosis) begins in the interstitium. Breathlessness during exercise is one of the initial symptoms. A dry cough may also be present. Different types of ILD may create the same kind of symptoms which may vary in severity. The common link between the many forms of ILD is that they all begin with inflammation. The inflammation may affect different parts of the lung. Inflammation of these parts may heal or may lead to permanent scarring of the lung tissue. The level of disability that a person experiences depends on the amount of scarring. Clinical Atlas of Interstitial Lung Disease represents a complete and comprehensive visual representation of the disease. It is a true pictorial supplement to the numerous monographs and texts on the topic.
Table of Content
Interstitial Lung Diseases: A Historical Note.- Definition, Classification, and Clinical Features.- Radiology and Nuclear Imaging in Interstitial Lung Disease.- Sarcoidosis.- to Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias.- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.- Respiratory Bronchiolitis Associated Interstitial Lung Disease and Desquamative Interstitial Pneumonia.- Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonia.- Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia.- Acute Interstitial Pneumonia.- Lymphoid Interstitial Pneumonia.- Eosinophilic Interstitial Lung Disease.- Drug-induced Lung Diseases.- Radiation-induced Lung Diseases.- Drug Addict’s Lung.- Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.- Pneumoconioses.- Inhalation Fever and Chemical Pneumonitis.- Pulmonary Involvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis.- Systemic Sclerosis and the Lung.- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and the Lung.- Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis and the Lung.- Sjögren Syndrome and the Lung.- Wegener Granulomatosis.- Microscopic Polyangiitis.- Churg-Strauss Syndrome.- Goodpasture Disease.- Two Vascular Multisystem Diseases with Pulmonary Involvement.- Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis.- Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis.- Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis.- Lymphangioleiomyomatosis.- Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis.- Paraproteinemias.- Liver-Lung Relationship.- Lungs and Gastrointestinal System.- Cancer in Interstitial Lung Disease.About the author
Tatjana Peros-Golubicic, Associate Professor, Pneumonologist, Clinical Hospital for Lung Diseases Jordanovac, 10000 Zagreb, Jprdanovac 104, Croatia
Om P. Sharma, Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Room 11-900: LAC+USC Medical Center, 1200 North State Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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