Clinical Focus Series: Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, also known as extrinsic allergic alveolitis, is an inflammation of the lungs due to breathing in a foreign substance, usually certain types of dust, fungus, or moulds.

Part of the Clinical Focus Series, Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis is a concise guide to the condition, discussing epidemiologic, immune-pathologic, physiologic, diagnostic and therapeutic developments. The text also examines genetics, lung function, bronchoscopy, treatment and new findings in the field.

Written by an author and editor team from the USA, Europe and Asia, each chapter is enhanced with tables and illustrations, as well as X-Rays and CT images.  

Key Features

• Concise guide to hypersensitivity pneumonitis (extrinsic allergic alveolitis)
• Discusses epidemiology, immune-pathology, physiology, diagnosis and treatment
• Includes chapter on new findings in the field
• Experienced author and editor team from the USA, Europe and Asia
• Numerous tables, illustrations, X-Rays and CT images

1. Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis: A Historical Perspective                  
2. Epidemiology of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis                               
3. Pathology of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis                                     
4. Immunopathogenesis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis                  
5. Radiology of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis                                     
6. Differential Diagnosis of a Granuloma                                            
7. Role of Bronchoscopy and Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
8. Syndromes of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis                                  
9. Summer-type Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis                                   
10. Newer Syndromes of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis                       
11. Lung Function in Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis                               
12. Genetics of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis                                       
13. Treatment of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis                                    
14. Proteomics in Granulomatous Diseases

Om P Sharma MD FRCP Master FCCP

Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA