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Pulmonary fibrosis<br />

• Scarring in the lung<br />

• Causes:<br />

• Secondary to<br />

• Chronic inflammation<br />

• sarcoidosis<br />

• Infections<br />

• Environmental agents<br />

• asbestos, silica, exposure to certain gases<br />

• Ionizing radiation<br />

• radiation therapy to treat tumors<br />

• drugs<br />

• Nitrofurantoin, t i methotrexate, t t amiodarone…<br />

• Hypersensitivity pneumonitis<br />

• inhaling dust contaminated with bacterial, fungal, or animal<br />

products<br />

• Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) 27

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