Diffuse lung diseases
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Diffuse lung diseases, abbreviated DLD, are a group of uncommon pathologies, also known as idiopathic interstitial pneumonias, abbreviated IIPs, and interstitial lung disease.
They are a subgroup of the medical lung diseases.
Diffuse lung disease is the preferred term, as some diseases lumped into this group have involvement of the alveoli, i.e. are not interstitial. Also, some DLDs are not considered idiopathic, e.g. LIP is caused by smoking.
An introduction to pulmonary pathology is found in the pulmonary pathology article.
Overview - histologic classification
- Can be complex,[1] and the combined efforts of clinicians, radiologists, and pathologists can help in the generation of a more specific diagnosis.[2][3]
Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia can be subclassified based on histologic appearance into the following patterns:[4][5]
| Histology | Clinical Correlates | Associations |
|---|---|---|
| Desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP) | DIP | Smoking |
| Diffuse alveolar damage (DAD) | ARDS, AIP, TRALI | ARDS: trauma, infection; TRALI: blood transfusion; AIP: viral (???) |
| Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) | NSIP | ??? |
| Respiratory bronchiolitis | RB-ILD | Smoking |
| Usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) | CVD, IPF, drug toxicity, pneumoconiosis | Allergen (hypersensitivity pneumonitis), idiopathic, autoimmune |
| Organizing pneumonia | Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia | autoimmune (???) |
| Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia (LIP) | LIP | Viral/autoimmune |
ARDS = adult respiratory distress syndrome, AIP = acute interstitial pneumonia, TRALI = transfusion related acute lung injury, CVD = collagen vascular disease, IPF = idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Notes:
- Usual interstitial pneumonia is the most common type of ILD.[6]
Specific diseases/pattterns
Diffuse alveolar damage
- Abbreviated DAD.
General
DAD is the histologic correlate of:
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
- AKA adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) to differentiate it from respiratory distress syndrome in infants.
- Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP).
- Transfusion related acute lung injury (TRALI).
The DDx is broad:[7]
- Infection/sepsis.
- Toxic (smoke, oxygen).
- Drug (amiodarone, chemotherapy).
- Trauma/shock.
- Inflammatory.
- Idiopathic.
Microscopic
Features:[8]
- Early:
- Hyaline membrane: debris (pink crap) lines the alveolar spaces.
- Intermediate:
- Macrophage proliferation.
- Late:
- Interstitial inflammation.
- Fibrosis.
Images:
Usual interstitial pneumonia
- Abbreviated UIP.
General
- It is sometimes used incorrectly as a synonym for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. It is a histomorphologic pattern and has a DDx (see below).
- UIP cannot be diagnosed via bronchoscopic or transbronchial biopsy,[9] as it is peripheral.
Epidemiology
- Disease of the old - rare in under 50 years old.[10]
- Dismal prognosis - mean survival after diagnosis ~ 2.8 years.[11]
Differential diagnosis
UIP is seen in:[12]
- Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
- Asbestosis - one ought to see ferruginous bodies.
- Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (extrinsic allergic alveolitis).
- Collagen vascular disease - includes systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma.[13]
- Chronic drug toxicity.[14]
Radiology
- Honeycombing - multiple defects that obliterate the normal lung architecture - multiple spherical voids in the lung parenchyma; radiologically these are seen as lucencies.[15]
- Usually subplural, i.e. peripheral lung.
- Classically lower lobe predominant.
- Traction bronchiectasis.
Note:
- Cysts - have thin walls (think of emphysema, lymphangioleiomyomatosis et cetera).
- Cysts may be isolated/not close to a neighbour.
- Medcyclopaedia defines it as: thin-walled, well-demarcated and >1 cm.[16]
Microscopic
Features:[17]
- Fibroblast foci:
- Interstitial inflammation.
- Microscopic honeycombing.
- Typically peripheral - cysts lined by ciliated epithelium.
- Spatial heterogeneity - patchy lesional distribution (areas of abnormal and normal lung may appear beside one another).
- Temporal heterogeneity - lesions of differing age side-by-side.[20]
Notes:
- Disease worse distant from large airways: lower lung field predominance, typically worse at periphery of lobule and lung.[21]
- Heterogeneity of inflammation: airspace macrophages & inflammation minimal in honeycombed foci.
Asbestosis
General
Definition:
- Interstitial lung disease due to asbestos exposure.[22]
- Important to diagnose... asbestosis = compensation.
Conditions associated with asbestos exposure (mnemonic PALM):[22]
- Pleural plaques.
- Asbestosis.
- Malignant mesothelioma.
- Lung carcinoma.
Possible association with asbestos exposure:
Microscopic
Features:
- Histologic appearance as for usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP).
- Ferruginous bodies - key feature.
- Segmented twirling baton with long slender fibre within.
Images:
Non-specific interstitial pneumonia
- Abbreviated NSIP.
General
- Better prognosis than UIP.
- Some radiologists and pathologists don't believe in this entity.
Associations:[20]
- Connective tissue disease.
- Rheumatoid arthritis.
Gross/Radiology
- No honeycombing.
- Fibrosis usually lower lung zone.
- Patchy ground glass.
Microscopic
Features:[20]
- Fibrosis:
- Often uniform (unlike UIP).
- "Linear fibrosis" has a good prognosis - should be mentioned in the report.
- Linear fibrosis = fibrosis that follows alveolar walls + no architectural distortion.
- +/-Lymphoid nodules - assoc. with collagen vascular disease. (???)
- +/-Focal organizing pneumonia.
Notes:
- Like UIP... also temporally and spatially heterogeneous.
- Inflammation in NSIP usually more prominent than in UIP.
- No honeycombing - key difference between UIP and NSIP.
DDx:
- Collagen vascular disease.
- Drug reaction.
- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (extrinic allergic alveolitis).
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
- AKA extrinsic allergic alveolitis
General
- Exposure to stuffs... e.g. moldy hay - Farmer's lung, atypical mycobacteria - hot tub lung.
- Upper lung predominant disease.
- Mnemonic FASSTEN - upper lung field: Farmer's lung, Ankylosing spondylitis, Sarcoidosis, Silicosis, Tuberculosis (miliary), Eosinophilic granuloma, Neurofibromatosis.
- An immune complex-mediated hypersensitivity[24] (Gell-Coombs classification type III).
- If chronic, may develop into a cell-mediated hypersensitivity (Gell-Coombs classification type IV).[25]
Microscopic
Features:
- Lesions have centrilobular prominence - important feature. [26]
- Allergens enter lung through airway which has a centrilobular location.
- Granulomata (not typically seen in UIP) - important feature.[26]
- Chronic interstitial inflammation consisting primarily of lymphocytes.
- Interstitial fibrosis.
- Air space involvement (alveolitis).
Images:
Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia
- Often abbreviated LIP.
General
- Associated with autoimmune disorders (rheumatoid arthritis, pernicious anemia, Sjoegren syndrome)[27] and immunodeficiency.[28]
- Associated with viral infections (HIV, EBV, human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV) type 1).
Gross
- Location: basilar predominance.
- Increased interstitial markings.
Microscopic
Features:[29]
- Small mature lymphocytes (usually B cells).[30]
- Plasma cells.
- +/-Lymphoid follicles.
Negatives:
- No vasculitis.
- No necrosis.
Images:
DDx:
- Lymphoma.
- Follicular bronchitis/bronchiolitis.
- Nodular lymphoid hyperplasia.
- This is determined in part by radiology; it has nodules radiographically.
IHC
- May be done to exclude lymphoma.
Respiratory bronchiolitis interstitial lung disease
- Abbreviated RBILD.
- Also written as RB-ILD.
General
- May be an early version of DIP.
Microscopic
Features:[31]
- Brown pigmented airspace macrophages - smoker's macrophages.
- Inflammation of the terminal bronchioles.
Note:
- The histologic features of RBILD may be present peri-tumoural.
Desquamative interstitial pneumonia
- Abbreviated DIP.
General
Microscopic
Features:
- Abundant brown pigmented airspace macrophages - smoker's macrophages - key feature.
- Architecture preserved; "linear fibrosis".
Notes:
- Some fields of view may be indistinguishable from RBILD.
- Amiodarone toxicity, fibrotic NSIP - may appear similar.
Images:
Stains
- Macrophages PAS +ve.
See also
References
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