A Case of Bronchiolitis Interstitial Pneumonitis / 결핵및호흡기질환
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
;
: 364-368, 2009.
Artigo
em Coreano
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-190765
ABSTRACT
Bronchiolitis interstitial pneumonitis (BIP), an unclassified and newly described interstitial pneumonia, has a combined feature of prominent bronchiolitis, interstitial inflammation, and fibrosis. It is distinct from bronchiolitis obliterans or bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP). BIP has a better prognosis than common cases of interstitial pneumonia. However, BIP has a poorer prognosis than BOOP. BIP's response to corticosteroids is not as successful as BOOP's response to this treatment. We encountered the case of a 31-year-old woman with BIP with an initial presentation of dyspnea and a cough that had lasted for 3 months. The patient's chest CT scan demonstrated patchy ground glass opacities and multiple ill-defined centrilobular nodules in both lungs, suggesting military tuberculosis or nontuberculous mycobacterial infection. A video-assisted thoracoscopic lung biopsy resulted in the diagnosis of BIP. Clinical symptoms, pulmonary lesions, and pulmonary function tests were improved after oral glucocorticoid therapy.
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Assunto principal:
Prognóstico
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Testes de Função Respiratória
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Tórax
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Tuberculose
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Biópsia
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Fibrose
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Bronquiolite
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Bronquiolite Obliterante
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Corticosteroides
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Doenças Pulmonares Intersticiais
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
Limite:
Adulto
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Feminino
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Humanos
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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