Lymphocytic Interstitial Pneumonitis

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Contents 1 Etiology 2 Pathology 3 Laboratory 4 More General Terms 5 Additional Terms 6 References

Etiology

• lymphoma (most common)

• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

• early lymphomatoid granulomatosis
• chronic lymphocytic leukemia
• Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia
• angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy
• Sezary syndrome
• pseudolymphoma
• AIDS
• graft-versus-host disease
• congenital agammaglobulinemia
• Sjogren's syndrome
• idiopathic

Pathology

• diffuse interstitial infiltration by lymphocytes

Laboratory

• lung biopsy

More General Terms

• lung disease

Additional Terms

• Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
• angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AILD)
• Bruton type agammaglobulinemia
• chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)
• lymphoma (lymphosarcoma)
• mycosis fungoides/Sezary syndrome (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma)
• Sjogren's syndrome (keratoconjunctivitis sicca, autoimmune epitheliitis)
• Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia

References

1. Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed) Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 753
2. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998

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