Reflects a nuanced, multidisciplinary, evidence-based approach to diagnoses, treatment options, and follow-up criteria for complex and rare pulmonary disorders such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, interstitial lung disease related to connective tissue diseases, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, sarcoidosis, and pulmonary vascular disease
Each case includes onset of symptoms, diagnostic/therapeutic path, and discussions on the clinical choices made in accordance with evidence-based medical procedures
Describes each clinical and laboratory finding and features 150 images, including plain film, procedural photos, ultrasound images, CT scans, and histopathology specimens
Includes the most recent updates to international guidelines (ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT) on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)
Covers the progression of pulmonary fibrosis in patients with ILD other than IPF; the role of transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) in obtaining a tissue diagnosis in patients with undiagnosed ILD; and the indications of antifibrosant drugs
A practical and interactive resource for pulmonologists, as well as critical care and internal medicine practitioners and fellows, thoracic surgeons, and thoracic radiologists
Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date
PART I Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Diseases 1. Fibrotic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis After Long-Term Exposure to Household Mold 2. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis With a Typical Usual Interstitial Pneumonia Pattern on Chest High-Resolution Computed Tomography 3. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in a Smoker With Indeterminate Usual Interstitial Pneumonia Pattern on High-Resolution Computed Tomography 4. Interstitial Lung Abnormalities Evolving to Histologically Proven Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonia
PART II Smoking-Associated Interstitial Lung Diseases 5. Respiratory Bronchiolitis-Interstitial Lung Disease 6. Desquamative Interstitial Pneumonia Complicated by Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head in a Former Smoker 7. Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis in a Young Man Complaining of a Dry Cough and Exertional Dyspnea 8. Combined Pulmonary Fibrosis and Emphysema in a Smoker With Apparently Normal Lung Volumes
PART III Granulomatous Lung Diseases 9. Swollen Cervical Lymph Nodes and Centrilobular Pulmonary Nodules Due to Sarcoidosis 10. Relapsing Pulmonary Infiltrates, Severe Asthma, and Eosinophilia With Systemic Manifestations 11. Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease With Granulomas in the Colon and Cervical Lymph Nodes Due to Tuberculosis
PART IV Connective Tissue Disease–Associated Lung Diseases 12. Pulmonary Fibrosis and Solitary Pulmonary Nodule in Hidden Rheumatoid Arthritis 13. Interstitial Lung Disease With High-Resolution Computed Tomography Pattern of Usual Interstitial Pneumonia in a Patient With Unknown Systemic Sclerosis 14. Interstitial Lung Disease Associated With the Antisynthetase Syndrome
PART V Rare and Ultra-Rare Interstitial Lung Diseases 15. Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis: An Ultra-Rare Disease 16. Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis in a Woman With Respiratory Failure and Crazy-Paving Pattern on Chest Computed Tomography 17. Idiopathic Pleuroparenchymal Fibroelastosis in a Never-Smoker Woman With a History of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis 18. IgG4-Related Disease as an Unexpected Cause of Hemoptysis
PART VI Miscellanea 19. Amyloid-Associated Cystic Lung Disease in a Woman With Sjögren Syndrome 20. Sporadic Lymphangioleiomyomatosis in a Woman Previously Diagnosed With Asthma 21. Acute Respiratory Failure in a Patient With Diffuse Ground-Glass Opacities During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Claudio Sorino, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Associate Medical Director, Respiratory Pathophysiology Unit, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Sant’Anna Hospital, Como, Italy and Sergio Agati, MD, Medical Director, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Sant’Anna Hospital, Como, Italy
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