Table 3.
COVID-19 Pneumonia | Immune-Checkpoint Inhibitor Pneumonitis |
Radiation Therapy Induced Pneumonitis |
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Cough, fever, dyspnea | Cough, fever, dyspnea | Cough, fever, dyspnea |
Bilateral involvement | Bilateral involvement | Unilateral, near treatment site |
Ground glass opacities with reticular pattern, patchy consolidations, fibrotic and subpleural lines | Ground glass opacities, patchy peripheral consolidations, centrilobular nodules, interstitial and interseptal lobular thickening, volume loss, and traction bronchiectasis | Ground glass opacities, volume loss, linear fibrosis, consolidation, and traction bronchiectasis |
High D-dimers, CRP, IL-6 and sIL-2R, and lymphopenia | High CRP, erythrocyte sedimentation, neutrophils, and lymphocytes | High CRP, erythrocyte sedimentation, ferritin and D-dimer, and lymphopenia |
Can lead to ARDS | Can progress to ARDS | Can progress to ARDS |