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