Disease
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Clinical manifestations
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Diagnosis
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Symptoms
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Physical exam
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Lab findings
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Imaging
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Gold standard
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Cough
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Dyspnea
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Hemoptysis
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Fever
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History/Exposure
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Cyanosis
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Clubbing
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JVD
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Peripheral edema
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Auscultation
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Other prominent findings
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CXR
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CT
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DLCco
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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
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-
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+
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-
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-
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Inciting event, such as:
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+
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-
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-
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-
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- Initially respiratory alkalosis transforming to respiratory acidosis
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- BNP level of less than 100 pg/mL
- PaO2 / FiO2 <300
- CBC
- Leukopenia
- Leukocytosis
- Thrombocytopenia
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- Bilateral pulmonary infiltrates
- Initially patchy peripheral
- Later diffuse bilateral
- Ground glass
- Frank alveolar infiltrate
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- Bronchial dilatation within areas of ground-glass opacification
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Bronchitis
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Acute
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+
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-
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+/-
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+
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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- Diffuse wheezes
- High-pitched continuous sounds
- The use of accessory muscles
- Prolonged expiration
- Rhonchi
- Rales
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Chronic
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+
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+
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-
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-
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- A positive history of chronic productive cough
- Shortness of breath
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+
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-
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+
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+
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- Radiolucency
- Diaphragmatic flattening due to hyperinflation
- Increased retrosternal airspace on the lateral radiograph
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Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
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+
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+
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-
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+
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- History of allergen exposure
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-
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+
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-
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-
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- Constitutional symptoms
- Weight loss
- Anorexia
- Muscle weakness
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- Neutrophilia
- Elevated ESR
- Elevated CRP
- Elevated immunoglobulin
- No peripheral blood eosinophilia
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- Poorly defined micronodular or diffuse interstitial pattern
- In chronic form
- Fibrosis
- Loss of lung volume
- Coarse linear opacities
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- Ground-glass opacities or
- Diffusely increased radiodensities
- Diffuse micronodules
- Focal air trapping
- Mosaic perfusion
- Occasionaly thin-walled cysts
- Mild fibrotic changes
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Pneumoconiosis
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SIlicosis
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+
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+
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+/-
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-
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- History of substantial exposure to silica dusts
- Occupational history
- Sandblasting
- Bystanders
- Quartzite miller
- Tunnel workers
- Silica flour workers
- Workers in the scouring powder industry
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+
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+
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+
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-
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- Lungs are hyperresonant
- Finecrackles upon auscultation of the lung bases or apices, unilaterally or bilaterally
- Rhonchi
- Bronchial breath sounds
- Expiratory wheezing with normal or delayed expiratory phase
- Wheezing may be present
- Egophony present
- Bronchophony present
- Increased tactile fremitus.
- Loud P2
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- Increased susceptiblity to tuberculosis.
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- May indicate hypoxia, hypercapnia and respiratory acidosis
- Abnormal sputum analysis
- May contain bacteria, such as mycobacterium tuberculosis or inorganic particles, such as asbestos bodies or organic particles
- Peak flow assessment
- May be below normal range which is 100 liters/minute for men, and 80 liters/minute for women
- Spirometry
- May indicate an obstructive or restrictive pulmonary disease
- A FEV1/FVC ratio < 80% indicates and obstructive disease,such as asthma, whilst a FEV1/FVC ratio higher than restrictive pulmonary disease indicates a restrictive disease, such as pulmonary fibrosis
- CBC
- May indicate anemia, neutrophilia, elevated ESR, elevated CRP, and elevated immunoglobulin
- Bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage
- Tuberculin skin test
- To test for tuberculosis, and induration > 5mm is positive
- Stool examination for occult blood
- May indicate colorectal carcinoma
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- Small round opacities
- Symmetrically distributed
- Upper-zone predominance
- Diffuse interstitial pattern of fibrosis without the typical nodular opacities in chronic case
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- Nodular changes in lung parenchyma
- Progressive massive fibrosis
- Bullae, emphysema
- Pleural, mediastinal, and hilar changes
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↓
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Asbestosis
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- Shipyard workers
- Pipe fitting
- Insulators
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- Predilection to lower lobes
- Fine and coarse linear, peripheral, reticular opacities
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Berylliosis
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- Multiple, rounded opacities with or without calcification
- Architectural distortion
- Loss of lung tissue volume
- Shadows
- Upper lobe predominance
- Chronic berylliosis shows emphysema with bulla formation
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Byssinosis
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Sarcodiosis
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+
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+
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+
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+
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- African Americans
- Autoimmune
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-
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-
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-
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-
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- Usually normal
- Crackles may be audible
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- Dermatologic manifestations
- Ocular involvement
- Osseous involvement
- Heart failure from cardiomyopathy
- Lymphocytic meningitis
- Cranial nerve palsies
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- Hypercalcemia or hypercalciuria
- Elevated 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D levels
- Elevated angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)
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- Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy
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- High-resolution CT (HRCT) scanning of the chest may identify
- Active alveolitis
- Fibrosis
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↓
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Pleural Effusion
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+
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+
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+/-
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+/-
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Transudate
- Congestive heart failure
- Cirrhosis (hepatic hydrothorax)
- Atelectasis (may be due to occult malignancy or pulmonary embolism)
- Hypoalbuminemia
- Nephrotic syndrome
Exudate
- Parapneumonic causes
- Malignancy (most commonly lung or breast cancer, lymphoma, and leukemia; less commonly ovarian carcinoma, stomach cancer, sarcomas, melanoma)
- Pulmonary embolism
- Collagen-vascular conditions (rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus
- Tuberculosis (TB)
- Pancreatitis
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+/-
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+/-
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+/-
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+/-
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- Dullness to percussion
- Decreased tactile fremitus,
- Asymmetrical chest expansion,
- Diminished or delayed expansion on the side of the effusion:
- Diminished or inaudible breath sounds
- Pleural friction rub
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- Peripheral edema, distended neck veins, and S3 gallop suggest congestive heart failure.
- Edema may also be a manifestation of nephrotic syndrome, pericardial disease, or, when combined with yellow nailbeds, the yellow nail syndrome.
- Cutaneous changes and ascites suggest liver disease.
- Lymphadenopathy or a palpable mass suggests malignancy.
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- Thoracentesis
- Exudate
- Transudate
- LDH, Glucose, cytology
- Other specific labs of underlying etiology
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Supine
- Blunting of the costophrenic angle
- Homogenous increase in density spread over the lower lung fields
Lateral decubitus
- Free flowing effusion as layers
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- Thickened pleura
- Mild effusions can aslo be detected
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Neuromuscular disease
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Scoliosis
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-
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+
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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- In severe scoliosis, the rib cage may press against the lungs making it more difficult to breathe.
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- R/0 genetic conditions
- Marfan's syndrome
- Edward's syndrome
- Total lymphocyte count (should be >1500/μL)
- Nutritional status must be assessed
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- Accurate depiction of the true magnitude of the spinal deformity can be assessed by supine anteroposterior (AP) and lateral spinal radiographs
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Muscular dystrophy
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-
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+
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-
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-
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- Proximal muscle weakness (shoulder and pelvic girdle)
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-
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-
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-
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-
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- Decreased breathe sounds
- Decreased chest expansion
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- Elevated CPK and aldolase
- +ANA
- +Anti-Jo abs
- Elevated ESR, CRP and RF
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ALS
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-
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+
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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- Decreased breathe sounds
- Decreased chest expansion
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- Symptoms begin with limb involvement diue to muscle weakness and atrophy.
- Cognitive or behavioral dysfunction
- Sensory nerves and the autonomic nervous system are generally unaffected
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N/A
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Not significant/diagnostic
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Not significant/diagnostic
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-
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- Nerve conduction studies and needle electromyography (EMG)
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Myasthenia gravis
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-
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+
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-
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+
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H/O of difficulty getting up from chair
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-
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-
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-
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-
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- Decreased breathe sounds
- Decreased chest expansion
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- Extraocular, bulbar, or proximal limb muscles.
- Breathing as rapid and shallow,
- Respiratory muscle weakness can lead to acute respiratory failure may require immediate intubation.
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- Anti–acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibody (Ab) test +
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- Thymoma as an anterior mediastinal mass.
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- Thymoma as an anterior mediastinal mass.
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Interstitial (Nonidiopathic) Pulmonary Fibrosis
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+
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++
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+
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-
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- Connective-tissue disorder
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+
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+
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+
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+
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- Elevated ESR
- Serologic testing for ANA, RF, ANCA & ASCA may be positive
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- Reticular and/or nodular opacities
- Honeycomb appearance (late finding)
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- Bilateral reticular and nodular interstitial infiltrates
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↓
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Video-assisted thoracoscopic lung biopsy
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Lymphocytic Interstitial Pneumonia
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+
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+
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+
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+
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- Autoimmune
- Lymphoproliferative disorders
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-
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+
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-
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-
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- Polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia
- Increased LDH
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- Bibasilar interstitial or micronodular infiltrates
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- Determines the degree of fibrosis
- Cysts (characterstic)
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N
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Open lung biopsy
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Obesity
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+
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+
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-
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-
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- Overweight
- Diabetes mellitus
- Asthma
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-
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-
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-
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+
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- X ray findings are often limited due to body habitus
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- CT findings are variable and depends upon severity of obesity
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N
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Clinical
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Pulmonary Eosinophilia
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+
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+
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+
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+
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Infections
- Prasitic
- Fungal
- Mycobacterial
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+
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-
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+
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+
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- Leukocytosis with eosinophilia (> 250/µL)
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- Interstitial or diffuse nodular densities
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- Determines extent and distribution of the disease
- Interstitial infiltrates
- Cysts and nodules
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↓
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Biopsy of lesion (skin or lung)
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