Interstitial Lung Disease

University of Iowa Health Care's interstitial lung disease physicians diagnose and treat a diverse group of disorders that can cause inflammation of the lung and progressive scarring.

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Interstitial lung diseases can be due to toxic exposures, medications, infections, autoimmune diseases, or can occur without any known cause (idiopathic).

Because some of these disorders often involve a number of organ systems in addition to the lung, the our experts work together in multi-specialty teams to provide their patients the best care possible. We also work closely with the lung transplantation team if referral is necessary. The mission of our clinic is to improve the lives of patients with interstitial lung disease through appropriate diagnostic evaluation, state-of-the-art treatment, research, and education regarding these diagnoses.

Lung Diseases That We Treat Include:

Sarcoidosis
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Connective tissue disease associated interstitial lung diseases:
- Inflammatory lung diseases related to rheumatologic diseases:
  - Rheumatoid arthritis
  - Scleroderma
  - Sjogren's syndrome
  - Polymyositis/dermatomyositis
  - Lupus
Lung fibrosis or inflammation caused by:
- Medications
- Chemotherapy
- Radiation
Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP)
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis

Acute interstitial pneumonias
Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP)
Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia (LIP)
Respiratory bronchiolitis interstitial lung disease (RBILD) and desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP)
Diffuse alveolar damage
Eosinophilic interstitial lung disease
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)
Wegener’s granulomatosis
Churg-strauss syndrome
Goodpasture disease
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
IgG4 related disease
Erdheim-chester and rosai-dorfman disease