Difference between revisions of "Diffuse lung diseases"
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*Upper lung predominant disease. | *Upper lung predominant disease. | ||
**Mnemonic ''FASSTEN'' - upper lung field: [[Farmer's lung]], [[Ankylosing spondylitis]], [[Sarcoidosis]], [[Silicosis]], Tuberculosis (miliary), [[Eosinophilic granuloma]], [[Neurofibromatosis]]. | **Mnemonic ''FASSTEN'' - upper lung field: [[Farmer's lung]], [[Ankylosing spondylitis]], [[Sarcoidosis]], [[Silicosis]], Tuberculosis (miliary), [[Eosinophilic granuloma]], [[Neurofibromatosis]]. | ||
* | *An immune complex-mediated [[hypersensitivity]]<ref name=pmid8279154>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kaltreider | first1 = HB. | title = Hypersensitivity pneumonitis. | journal = West J Med | volume = 159 | issue = 5 | pages = 570-8 | month = Nov | year = 1993 | doi = | PMID = 8279154 | url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/8279154/?tool=pubmed }}</ref> (Gell-Coombs classification type III). | ||
**If chronic, may develop into Gell-Coombs classification type IV. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||