Rare and Interesting Cases in Pulmonary Medicine

Rare and Interesting Cases in Pulmonary Medicine provides a look into the uncommon diseases encountered in the field of pulmonary medicine. Using a case-based approach, the book provides clinical scenarios that include relevant accompanying radiology and pathology. Also included are frequently asked questions for each area, as well as a diagnosis and summary, presenting the reader with the most high yield information on each topic.

Appropriate for medical students, residents, fellows, and physicians interested in pulmonary medicine, the case-based approach to each topic allows accessibility to the uncommon diseases of the field while also highlighting high yield and important points.

Provides case-based approaches to the uncommon diseases of pulmonary medicine, including supporting radiology and pathologyIncludes uncommon case studies, providing relevant references for further reading and research opportunitiesPresents related topics with accompanying clinical pearls for direct application in the field

1. Pulmonary amyloidosis
2. Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome
3. Yellow nail syndrome
4. Pseudo-pseudo-meigs Syndrome
5. Thoracic endometriosis
6. Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
7. Langerhans cell histiocytosis
8. Swyer-James syndrome
9. Placental transmogrification of the lung
10. Contarini syndrome
11. Acute eosinophilic pneumonia
12. Benign metastasising leiomyoma
13. Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome
14. Goodpastures syndrome
15. Complete tracheal rings
16. Granulomatous-lymphocytic interstitial lung disease
17. Antisynthetase syndrome
18. Bilothorax
19. Castleman syndrome
20. Gorham stout syndrome
21. Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura
22. Vanishing lung syndrome 
23. Traumatic pulmonary pseudocyst
24. Acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia
25. Shrinking lung syndrome
26. Cryoglobulinemia associated diffuse alveolar hemorrhage
27. Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease
28. Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia
29. Erdheim Chester disease
30. Urinothorax
31. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
32. Hermansky Pudlak syndrome
33. Hughes-Stovin syndrome
34. Bone cement implantation syndrome
35. IgG4-related pulmonary disease
36. Idiopathic pleurparenchymal fibroelastosis
37. Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis
38. Kikuchi-Fujimoto syndrome
39. Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
40. Pulmonary light chain deposition disease
41. Graft-versus-host disease after lung transplantation
42. Lipoid pneumonia
43. Lymphomatoid granulomatosis
44. Mounier-Kuhn syndrome
45. Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis
46. Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation
47. Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy
48. Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis
49. Pulmonary ossification
50. Primary ciliary dyskinesia
51. Myelomatous pleural effusion
52. Relapsing polychondritis
53. Rosai-Dorfman disease
54. Silicone embolism syndrome
55. Good syndrome
56. Primary effusion lymphoma
57. Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return
58. Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
59. Congenital pulmonary airway malformation
60. Erasmus syndrome