Discussion
Diagnosis With Brief Discussion
- Diagnosis
- Desqumative interstitial pneumonia
- Radiologic Findings
- Chest PA shows bilateral reticular opacities and suspicious ground-glass opacity in both lower lung fields.
Cross-sectional high-resolution CT images checked at outside hospital show diffuse bilateral ground-glass attenuation in both lower lung zone. Note cystic spaces within the subpleural areas of ground-glass attenuation.
VATS biopsy specimen of the patient shows numerous brown pigmented alveolar macrophages filling alveolar duct and airspaces (Fig 5,6).
- Brief Review
- Please refer Case 266.
- References
- Keywords
- Lung, Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia, DIP, smoking related, IIP,