DR. ALFREDO DE LA CRUZ MUÑOZ

Neumologo InternistaGuatemala C.A.

Las enfermedades pulmonares intersticiales (interstitial lung diseases, ILD)

incluyen un gran número de enfermedades que afectan al parénquima del pulmón (los alvéolos, el epitelio alveolar, el endotelio capilar y los espacios entre estas estructuras, así como a los tejidos perivasculares y linfáticos).

Un criterio de utilidad para la clasificación consiste en separar a las ILD en dos grupos con base en la histopatología mayor subyacente:

1) las que se acompañan de inflamación y fibrosis predominantes, y

2) las que tienen como aspectos que predominan reacciones granulomatosas en las zonas intersticiales o vasculares

Amianto/Asbesto Humos, gases Fármacos (antibióticos, amiodarona,

oro) y agentes quimioterápicos Radiación Neumonía por aspiración Secuela del síndrome apneico del

adulto

Neumonías intersticiales idiopáticas Fibrosis pulmonar idiopática (neumonía

intersticial ordinaria) Neumonía intersticial descamativa Enfermedad pulmonar intersticial asociada a

bronquiolitis respiratoria Neumonía intersticial aguda (lesión alveolar

difusa) Neumonía organizativa criptógena

(bronquiolitis obliterante con neumonía organizativa)

Neumonía intersticial inespecífica

Lupus eritematoso diseminado, artritis reumatoide, espondilitis anquilosante, esclerosis sistémica, síndrome de Sjögren, polimiositis-dermatomiositis

Síndromes de hemorragia pulmonar Síndrome de Goodpasture, hemosiderosis

pulmonar idiopática, capilaritis pulmonar aisladaProteinosis pulmonar alveolar Trastornos infiltrativos linfocitarios (neumonitis

intersticial linfocítica asociada a una enfermedad del tejido conjuntivo)

Neumonías eosinófilas Linfangioleiomiomatosis Amiloidosis

Esclerosis tuberosa, neurofibromatosis, enfermedad de Niemann-Pick, enfermedad de Gaucher, síndrome de Hermansky-Pudlak

Enfermedades digestivas o hepáticas (enfermedad de Crohn, cirrosis biliar primaria, hepatitis crónica activa, colitis ulcerosa)

Enfermedad del injerto contra hospedador (trasplante de médula ósea; trasplante de órganos sólidos)

A. CAUSA CONOCIDA Neumonitis por hipersensibilidad

(polvos orgánicos) Polvos inorgánicos: silicato de berilio

Sarcoidosis Granulomatosis de células de Langerhans

(granuloma eosinófilo del pulmón) Vasculitis granulomatosa Granulomatosis de Wegener,

granulomatosis alérgica de Churg-Strauss Granulomatosis broncocéntrica Granulomatosis linfomatoide

IPF (IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS) AND CFA (CRYPTOGENIC FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS ) ARE SYNONYMOUS[2] AND ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE HISTOPATHOLOGICAL PATTERN UIP.[

Idiopathic Interstial Pneumonias (IIPS) Usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP). 47 A

71% desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP). Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP). Respiratory bronchiolitis interstitial lung

disease (RBILD) Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP) Lynphoid interstitial pneumonia (LIP).

Cardinal features of IPF/UIP include dry cough, exertional dyspnea, end-inspiratory velcro rales, diffuse parenchymal infiltrates on chest radiographs, honeycombing on HRCT, a restrictive defect on pulmonary function tests (PFTs), and impaired oxygenation.[2,3,42,43] Exertional dyspnea progresses inexorably over months to years.[

The onset is indolent, but IPF/UIP progresses inexorably over months to years, with progressive fibrosis and destruction of lung parenchyma.[58] Spontaneous remissions do not occur,[5,56,63,64] but some patients stabilize following an initial decline.[53,56,58] Most patients die of respiratory failure within 3 to 8 years of onset of symptoms; mean survival is 2.8 to 3.6 years.[

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is rare, but precise data regarding incidence and prevalence are lacking. In 1988, 4,851 deaths in the United States were attributed to pulmonary fibrosis (ICD-9, 515, n = 4,694) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (ICD-9, 516.3, n = 157).[46

IPF/UIP is more common in males[43,56,75,78,83] and in current or former smokers.[53,65,75,76,83-85] Other risk factors include exposure to dusts or metals,[75] organic solvents,[86] and residence in agricultural or polluted urban areas

The mode of transmission of familial IPF is not known, but is believed to be autosomal dominant with variable penetrance in approximately 70% of cases; there is no clear mode of transmission in the remaining 30%

characteristically demonstrate reduced lung volumes [e.g., vital capacity (VC), and total lung capacity (TLC)]; normal or increased expiratory flow rates; increased forced expiratory volume in 1 second/forced VC (FEV1/FVC) ratio; reduced diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO).[2,27,66,77,103-105] Hypoxemia or increased alveolar-arterial oxygen difference [p(A-a02)], which is accentuated by exercise, is a cardinal feature of IPF

In one clinical survey, 61% of IPF patients under age 70 were treated with corticosteroids, compared with 28% of patients over age 70.[44] Immunosuppressive or cytotoxic agents are used in only 2 to 17% of patients with IPF/CFA.[42,44,47,65] Other treatment options (albeit unproven) include colchicine,[47,127,179,245] D-penicillamine,[245] perfenidone,[41] N-acetylcysteine (NAC),[179] and gamma-interferon

Treatment for IPF needs to be individualized

AZA (2-3 mg/kg/day, maximum daily dose 150 mg

oral CP (dose 1-2 mg/kg/day; maximum dose 150 mg/day) plus prednisone

corticosteroids (e.g., 0.5 mg/kg/day) can be tried.