- Sarcoidosis
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- Position
- predominance of the upper and middle lung zones;
- clustered in the perihilar and peribronchovascular
- sparing of the lung periphery
- perilymphatic distribution
- in relation to the subpleural surface,
- adjacent to the major fissures,
- along thickened interlobular septa, and
- adjacent to vessels in the lobular core
- Nodules
- well-defined nodules
- sometimes becoming confluent – galaxy sign
- conglomerate masses
- Lymphadenopathy
- egg shell
- amorphous “icing sugar”
- Fibrosis
- traction bronchiectasis
- honeycombing
- bullae
- volume loss upper lobes
- Position
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- Connective Tissue Disorders
- RA
- Scleroderma
- SLE
- Polymyosistis and dermatomyosistis
- Vasculitis
- Granulomatosis with polyangiitis
- Microscopic polyangiitis
- Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
- Pulmonary sarcoidosi
- Collagen vascular diseases
- Sjögren syndrome
- Mixed connective tissue disease
- Pulmonary vasculitis/diffuse alveolar hemorrhage
- ANCA-associated granulomatous vasculitis (former Wegener granulomatosis)
- Churg Strauss
- Goodpasture syndrome
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Amyloidosis
References and Links
Pulmonary Manifestations of Systemic Diseases Diseases of the Chest, Breast, Heart and Vessels 2019-2022 pp 127-138