Categories and Types of Interstitial Lung Diseases
There are about five broad categories of Interstitial Lung Diseases:
- Exposure or occupational related (asbestosis, silicosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis)
- Treatment related: chemotherapy, radiation therapy, some medications
- Autoimmune or connective tissue diseases: lupus, scleroderma, poly or dermatomyositis, rheumatoid arthritis-related ILD
- Sarcoidosis
- Idiopathic ILDs
The other types are:
- Sarcoidosis
- Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (idiopathic means a disease for which a cause is unknown)
- Bronchiolitis obliterans
- Histiocytosis X
- Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
- Collagen vascular disease
- Granulomatous vasculitis
- Goodpasture's syndrome
- Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
