MRCP revision battle 4.4: Lung fibrosis

You may need to be able to come up with a list of differentials for lung fibrosis... my way of remembering it is C BAR TAPS (mainly because at some point in the revision process I always get an urge to visit a drinking establishment and 'see' the bar taps, and possibly even purchase something from them...)

So, C BAR TAPS =

• Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis
• Bleomycin
• Amiodarone
• Radiation/rheumatological disease (=RA and SLE)
• TB
• Asbestosis
• Paraquat/pigeon breeders lung
• Sarcoid/siliosis

And finally for today, battle 4.5...