Imaging of interstitial lung diseases / Editors, Ashu Seith Bhalla, Manisha Jana

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CONTENT
SECTION 1: General
1. Terminology and Classification --
2. Optimizing the Imaging Modalities --
3. Interstitial Lung Diseases: Pathologic Diagnosis --
4. Clinical Diagnosis including Pulmonary Function Test --
SECTION 2: Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias
5. Imaging in Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias --
6. Clinical Diagnostic and Management Issues --
SECTION 3: Connective Tissue Disorders/Immune-mediated Disorders
7. Connective Tissue Disorders and Related Interstitial Lung Diseases: Imaging --
8. Connective Tissue Disease-related Interstitial Lung Diseases: Clinical, Diagnostic and Management Issues --
9. Vasculitis-related Interstitial Lung Diseases: Imaging --
10. Vasculitis-related Interstitial Lung Diseases: Clinical Diagnostic and Management Issues --
11. Sarcoidosis --
SECTION 4: Occupation/Exposure-Related Diffuse Lung Diseases
12. Occupational/Environmental Exposure-Related Lung Diseases: Imaging --
13. Organic Dust Exposure and Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis: Imaging --
14. Occupational/Environmental Exposure-related Lung Disease --
SECTION 5: Cystic Lung Diseases
15. Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease and Asthma: Clinical Diagnosis and Management Issues --
17. Other Cystic Lung Diseases: Imaging --
SECTION 6: Pediatric Diffuse Lung Diseases
18. Classification and Diseases Common in Infancy --
19. Diffuse Lung Diseases in Older Children: Imaging --
20. Clinical Diagnosis and Management Issues --
SECTION 7: Acute Diffuse Lung Diseases
21. Acute Diffuse Lung Diseases: Imaging --
22. Clinical and Management Issues --
SECTION 8: Miscellaneous
23. Diffuse Lung Disease in Oncology Setting: Imaging --
24. Small Airway Disease: Imaging --
25. Imaging in Uncommon Disorders-Part I --
26. Imaging in Uncommon Disorders-Part II --
SECTION 9:Approach to High-resolution Computed Tomography in Case of Interstitial Lung Disease
27. Approach to Diagnosis:Distribution of Disease --
28. Approach to Diagnosis: Ground-glass Opacity --
29. Approach to Diagnosis: Linear Opacities --
30. Approach to Diagnosis: Nodular Pattern.

The objective of this book is to introduce the imaging of interstitial lung diseases. Interstitial lung disease (ILD), or diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD), is a group of lung diseases affecting the interstitium (the tissue and space around the air sacs of the lungs). It concerns alveolar epithelium, pulmonary capillary endothelium, basement membrane, and perivascular and perilymphatic tissues. It may occur when an injury to the lungs triggers an abnormal healing response. This book comprises of nine sections are general, idiopathic interstitial pneumonias, connective tissue disorders or immune-mediated disorders, occupation or exposure-related diffuse lung diseases, cystic lung diseases, pediatric diffuse lung diseases, acute diffuse lung diseases, miscellaneous and approach to high-resolution computed tomography in case of interstitial lung disease which consists of 30 chapters. Pulmonary medicine is a rapidly expanding medical specialty which relies heavily on imaging. Practicing physicians need to be aware of the basics of imaging, as that will affect the management of a critically ill patient. Similarly, radiologists in practice need to be aware of the imaging patterns and their differential diagnoses. This book is not intended to be a detailed text on ILDs, but we hope that it will help the busy radiologists and physicians in their daily practice.