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3335161

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-2-10
pubmed:abstractText
Noninvasive methods for diagnosis, assessing prognosis, and following response to treatment in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) have yet to prove their usefulness. We report a patient with desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP) in whom computed tomography (CT) suggested the diagnosis by the presence of patchy areas of haziness predominantly in a peripheral distribution. The chest x-ray and physical examinations, and the arterial blood gases showed normal findings after one month of treatment with corticosteroids, at which time the CT scan and lung volumes were still abnormal. At three months, lung volumes and the CT scan were normal. Hazy densities in a peripheral distribution on CT may indicate active IPF associated with a good prognosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0012-3692
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
93
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
215-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Desquamative interstitial pneumonia. Computed tomographic findings before and after treatment with corticosteroids.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports