Restrictive Pulmonary Diseases
Pneumoconiosis
Fibrosis of the lung due to chronic inhalation of mineral dust
BUZZWORDS TO KNOW
SILICOSIS = Egg shell calcifications
BYSSINOSIS = Cotton exposure (By the weekend your fine)
ASBESTOSIS = Pleural plaques in the lower lobes
Sarcoidosis
Systemic inflammatory disease
BUZZWORDS TO KNOW
Erythema Nodosum = bilateral tender nodules on both lower legs
Biopsy reveals = NON-CASEATING GRANULOMAS
CXR = Bilateral Hilar Lymphadenopathy
Tx: Steroids in acute disease
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