DIP-like pattern

Etiology

 desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP)
 respiratory bronchiolitis associated with interstitial lung disease
 Langerhans cell histiocytosis
 drug reactions

• amiodarone reaction

 chronic alveolar damage
 eosinophilic pneumonia
 pneumoconioses

• talcosis
• hadr metal
• asbestosis

 obstructive pneumonia (foamy macrophages)
 exogenous lipoid pneumonia
 lipid storage diseases
 infections in immunocompromised patients (histiocytic pneumonia)
 focal microscopic finding in many conditions

See also

 diffuse lung diseases

• interstitial lung diseases