title: Pulmonary involvement in diseases of other systems.
abstract: The lungs are often affected in multisystemic processes or in disorders that have their predominant manifestations in other organ systems. Assessment of the type and distribution of the radiographic pattern is helpful in developing an appropriate differential diagnosis for these predominantly extrapulmonary diseases.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000361:Agammaglobulinemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D005776:Gaucher Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007619:Kartagener Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D019896:alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency