Difference between revisions of "Diffuse lung diseases"

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*Exposure to stuffs... e.g. moldy hay - ''Farmer's lung'', atypical mycobacteria - ''hot tub lung''.
*Exposure to stuffs... e.g. moldy hay - ''Farmer's lung'', atypical mycobacteria - ''hot tub lung''.
*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).
*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 a cell-mediated hypersensitivity (Gell-Coombs classification type IV).<ref>URL: [http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/EXAM/IMGQUIZ/pufrm.html http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/EXAM/IMGQUIZ/pufrm.html]. Accessed on: 4 December 2011.</ref>
**If chronic, may develop into a cell-mediated hypersensitivity (Gell-Coombs classification type IV).<ref>URL: [http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/EXAM/IMGQUIZ/pufrm.html http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/EXAM/IMGQUIZ/pufrm.html]. Accessed on: 4 December 2011.</ref>
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