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Pulmonary Alveolitis

MedGen UID:
810693
•Concept ID:
C0856597
•
Disease or Syndrome

Definition

Inflammation of the alveoli of the lung. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Diagnosis, course and management of hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
Hamblin M, Prosch H, Vašáková M
Eur Respir Rev 2022 Mar 31;31(163) Epub 2022 Feb 9 doi: 10.1183/16000617.0169-2021. PMID: 35140104Free PMC Article
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: Current concepts in pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment.
Barnes H, Troy L, Lee CT, Sperling A, Strek M, Glaspole I
Allergy 2022 Feb;77(2):442-453. Epub 2021 Jul 29 doi: 10.1111/all.15017. PMID: 34293188
Diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis in Adults. An Official ATS/JRS/ALAT Clinical Practice Guideline.
Raghu G, Remy-Jardin M, Ryerson CJ, Myers JL, Kreuter M, Vasakova M, Bargagli E, Chung JH, Collins BF, Bendstrup E, Chami HA, Chua AT, Corte TJ, Dalphin JC, Danoff SK, Diaz-Mendoza J, Duggal A, Egashira R, Ewing T, Gulati M, Inoue Y, Jenkins AR, Johannson KA, Johkoh T, Tamae-Kakazu M, Kitaichi M, Knight SL, Koschel D, Lederer DJ, Mageto Y, Maier LA, Matiz C, Morell F, Nicholson AG, Patolia S, Pereira CA, Renzoni EA, Salisbury ML, Selman M, Walsh SLF, Wuyts WA, Wilson KC
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2020 Aug 1;202(3):e36-e69. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202005-2032ST. PMID: 32706311Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Insights into the pathogenesis of catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome. A case report of relapsing catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome and review of the literature on ischemic colitis.
Ruffatti A, Calligaro A, Lacognata CS, D'Odorico A, Colpo A, Cardin F, Calabrese F
Clin Rheumatol 2020 Apr;39(4):1347-1355. Epub 2019 Dec 18 doi: 10.1007/s10067-019-04888-5. PMID: 31853731
Pulmonary survival study in 91 patients with systemic sclerosis.
Poormoghim H, Lakeh MM, Mohammadipour M, Talehy-Moineddin S, Sodagari F
Rheumatol Int 2011 Dec;31(12):1577-82. Epub 2010 May 23 doi: 10.1007/s00296-010-1501-7. PMID: 20496069
The clinical pathology of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS): a report from China.
Ding Y, Wang H, Shen H, Li Z, Geng J, Han H, Cai J, Li X, Kang W, Weng D, Lu Y, Wu D, He L, Yao K
J Pathol 2003 Jul;200(3):282-9. doi: 10.1002/path.1440. PMID: 12845623Free PMC Article
A high prevalence of human T-lymphotropic virus type I carriers in patients with antithyroid antibodies.
Mizokami T, Okamura K, Ikenoue H, Sato K, Kuroda T, Maeda Y, Fujishima M
Thyroid 1994 Winter;4(4):415-9. doi: 10.1089/thy.1994.4.415. PMID: 7711504
Biological markers as indicators of exposure and pneumoconiotic risk: prospective study.
Porcher JM, Lafuma C, el Nabout R, Jacob MP, Sébastien P, Borm PA, Honnons S, Auburtin G
Int Arch Occup Environ Health 1993;65(1 Suppl):S209-13. doi: 10.1007/BF00381343. PMID: 8406928

Diagnosis

Insights into the pathogenesis of catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome. A case report of relapsing catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome and review of the literature on ischemic colitis.
Ruffatti A, Calligaro A, Lacognata CS, D'Odorico A, Colpo A, Cardin F, Calabrese F
Clin Rheumatol 2020 Apr;39(4):1347-1355. Epub 2019 Dec 18 doi: 10.1007/s10067-019-04888-5. PMID: 31853731
Pulmonary survival study in 91 patients with systemic sclerosis.
Poormoghim H, Lakeh MM, Mohammadipour M, Talehy-Moineddin S, Sodagari F
Rheumatol Int 2011 Dec;31(12):1577-82. Epub 2010 May 23 doi: 10.1007/s00296-010-1501-7. PMID: 20496069
Biological markers as indicators of exposure and pneumoconiotic risk: prospective study.
Porcher JM, Lafuma C, el Nabout R, Jacob MP, Sébastien P, Borm PA, Honnons S, Auburtin G
Int Arch Occup Environ Health 1993;65(1 Suppl):S209-13. doi: 10.1007/BF00381343. PMID: 8406928

Therapy

Inhibitory effects of amines from Citrus reticulata on bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in rats.
Zhou XM, Cao ZD, Xiao N, Shen Q, Li JX
Int J Mol Med 2016 Feb;37(2):339-46. Epub 2015 Dec 15 doi: 10.3892/ijmm.2015.2435. PMID: 26675886Free PMC Article
Adverse events during the Scleroderma Lung Study.
Furst DE, Tseng CH, Clements PJ, Strange C, Tashkin DP, Roth MD, Khanna D, Li N, Elashoff R, Schraufnagel DE; Scleroderma Lung Study
Am J Med 2011 May;124(5):459-67. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.12.009. PMID: 21531236
Pulmonary alveolitis and NSAIDs--fact or fiction?
Weber JC, Essigman WK
Br J Rheumatol 1986 Feb;25(1):5-6. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/25.1.5. PMID: 3484648
Acute pulmonary alveolitis in narcotics abuse.
Byers JM 3rd, Soin JS, Fisher RS, Hutchins GM
Arch Pathol 1975 May;99(5):273-7. PMID: 1093538
Acute immunologic pulmonary alveolitis.
Johnson KJ, Ward PA
J Clin Invest 1974 Aug;54(2):349-57. doi: 10.1172/JCI107770. PMID: 4277008Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Recurrent episodes of hemorrhagic alveolitis in relapsing catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome: the same side of the dark moon.
Pieralli F, Grazzini M, Vannucchi V, Mancini A, Cammelli D, Nozzoli C
Clin Rheumatol 2014 Mar;33(3):429-33. Epub 2013 Dec 21 doi: 10.1007/s10067-013-2454-5. PMID: 24362787
Adverse events during the Scleroderma Lung Study.
Furst DE, Tseng CH, Clements PJ, Strange C, Tashkin DP, Roth MD, Khanna D, Li N, Elashoff R, Schraufnagel DE; Scleroderma Lung Study
Am J Med 2011 May;124(5):459-67. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.12.009. PMID: 21531236
Pulmonary survival study in 91 patients with systemic sclerosis.
Poormoghim H, Lakeh MM, Mohammadipour M, Talehy-Moineddin S, Sodagari F
Rheumatol Int 2011 Dec;31(12):1577-82. Epub 2010 May 23 doi: 10.1007/s00296-010-1501-7. PMID: 20496069
Hydroxyurea-induced acute alveolitis in a patient with chronic myeloid leukaemia.
Jackson GH, Wallis J, Ledingham J, Lennard A, Proctor SJ
Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 1990;27(2):168-9. doi: 10.1007/BF00689105. PMID: 2249336
Acute nephritis and pulmonary alveolitis following pneumococcal pneumonia.
Kaehny WD, Ozawa T, Schwarz MI, Stanford RE, Kohler PF, McIntosh RM
Arch Intern Med 1978 May;138(5):806-8. PMID: 25635

Clinical prediction guides

Adverse events during the Scleroderma Lung Study.
Furst DE, Tseng CH, Clements PJ, Strange C, Tashkin DP, Roth MD, Khanna D, Li N, Elashoff R, Schraufnagel DE; Scleroderma Lung Study
Am J Med 2011 May;124(5):459-67. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.12.009. PMID: 21531236
A high prevalence of human T-lymphotropic virus type I carriers in patients with antithyroid antibodies.
Mizokami T, Okamura K, Ikenoue H, Sato K, Kuroda T, Maeda Y, Fujishima M
Thyroid 1994 Winter;4(4):415-9. doi: 10.1089/thy.1994.4.415. PMID: 7711504
Side effects and possible contraindications of amiodarone use.
Harris L, McKenna WJ, Rowland E, Krikler DM
Am Heart J 1983 Oct;106(4 Pt 2):916-23. doi: 10.1016/0002-8703(83)90016-9. PMID: 6613838

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