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Interstitial lung fibrosis

Interstitial lung disease (ILD), or diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD), is a group of respiratory diseases affecting the interstitium (the tissue and space around the alveoli (air sacs)) of the lungs. It concerns alveolar epithelium, pulmonary capillary endothelium, basement membrane, and perivascular and perilymphatic tissues. [Source: Wikipedia ]

May Be Caused by
 Common
Acute interstitial pneumonitis
Aluminum pneumoconiosis
Asbestosis
Baritosis
Berylliosis
Coal-worker pneumoconiosis
Dermatomyositis
Eosinophilic granuloma
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Pneumoconiosis
Polymyositis
Rheumatoid lung disease
Sarcoidosis
Scleroderma
Siderosis
Silicosis
Stannosis
Talcosis
 Uncommon
Amiodarone
Amyloidosis
Ankylosing spondylitis
Bleomycin
Busulfan
Cadmium
Carmustine
Chlorine
Chronic aspiration
Cyclophosphamide
Desquamative interstitial pneumonitis
Drug reaction
Gaucher disease
Hexamethonium
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis
Lipoid pneumonia
Methotrexate
Methysergide
Niemann-Pick disease
Nitrofurantoin
Nonspecific interstitial pneumonitis
Noxious inhalation
Oxygen toxicity
Phosgene gas inhalation
Procainamide
Pulmonary hemorrhage
Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis
Radiation fibrosis
Reactivation tuberculosis
Schistosomiasis
Shock lung
Silo-filler disease
Sulfur dioxide
Tuberculosis
Tuberous sclerosis
 Rare
Neurofibromatosis

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