Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD): Types



Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a broad category of lung diseases that includes more than 130 disorders characterized by scarring (i.e. "fibrosis") and/or inflammation of the lungs. Some of the disorders included under the heading of ILD are:

  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
  • Connective tissue or autoimmune disease-related pulmonary fibrosis
  • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
  • Sarcoidosis 
  • Eosinophilic granuloma (a.k.a. Langerhan's cell histiocytosis)
  • Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
  • Pulmonary vasculitis
  • Pulmonary hemorrhage syndromes
  • Bronchiolitis obliterans
  • Lymphangioleiomyomatosis 
  • Familial pulmonary fibrosis or familial interstitial pneumonia

 

This information has been approved by Kevin Brown, MD (January 2010).

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