Diagnosis and differential diagnosis of airway-centered interstitial fibrosis / 中国医学科学院学报
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
;
(6): 99-102, 2005.
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en Chino
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-343759
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To describe a form of interstitial lung disease pathologically characterized by small airway-centered interstitial fibrosis (ACIF).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>We analyzed the clinical, pulmonary functional, radiographic, and histologic characteristics of one ACIF case in Peking Union Medical College Hospital and reviewed 12 cases in literatures.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Clinically, patients presented with chronic cough and progressive dyspnea. Pulmonary function tests showed restrictive ventilatory pattern. Bronchoalveolar lavage showed a mild increase in lymphocytes in most cases. Chest radiography revealed diffuse reticulonodular infiltrates, with thickening of the bronchial walls and surrounding fibrosis. The key finding in histopathology was a distinctive pattern of ACIF centered on membranous and respiratory bronchioles.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>ACIF is a disease that do not fit into any known category of interstitial lung disease. Whether it is a unique disease remains to be determined.</p>
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Asunto principal:
Patología
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Fibrosis Pulmonar
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Pruebas de Función Respiratoria
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Biopsia
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Bronquios
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Diagnóstico por Imagen
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Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X
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Diagnóstico
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Diagnóstico Diferencial
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Pulmón
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio diagnóstico
Límite:
Adulto
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Chino
Revista:
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
Año:
2005
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Artículo
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