Rare and Interstitial Lung Diseases. Clinical Cases and Real-World Discussions

Table of Contents

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 Sj�gren 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
Index
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 Sj�gren 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
Index

Authors

Claudio Sorino Professor of Medicine and Associate Medical Director, Respiratory Pathophysiology Unit, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Sant'Anna Hospital, Como, Italy. Dr Claudio Sorino is Professor of Medicine at the Insubria University, Italy. He earned his MD and PhD in Experimental and Clinical Pulmonology from the University of Palermo, Italy. He did his fellowship in Pulmonary Pathophysiology at the Arizona Respiratory Center and served as Adjunct Professor at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Tucson, University of Arizona, USA. He is the author of numerous scientific publications in international journals and book chapters in the field of respiratory medicine. He recently edited Pleural Diseases: Clinical Cases and Real-World Discussions (Elsevier, April 2021) with the collaboration of leading international experts in pleural pulmonology diseases. Sergio Agati Medical Director, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Sant'Anna Hospital, Como, Italy. Dr. Sergio Agati earned his MD in Respiratory Diseases from the University of Messina, Italy. He is Medical Director of the Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Sant'Anna Hospital in Como, Italy. His areas of clinical expertise and research interests include bronchoscopy and interstitial lung diseases.