대한흉부영상의학회 Weekly Chest Cases

Case No : 1318 Date 2023-01-25

Courtesy of Sun Joosung, Seulgi You / Ajou University School of Medicine, Dept of Radiology
Age/Sex 30 / F
Chief ComplaintReferred for evaluation of ILD detected on health check-up. No particular past history and symptom

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Diagnosis With Brief Discussion

Diagnosis: Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia
Radiologic Findings: Fig 1. Chest PA shows tiny nodular lesions in both lungs.
Fig 2-5. CT scans reveal multifocal peribronchiolar, centrilobular GGOs, and mild interlobular septal thickening.
Brief Review: Lymphoid interstitial pneumonia (LIP) was originally described by LIEBOW and CARRINGTON as a benign lymphoproliferative disorder limited to the lungs and LIP showed diffuse infiltration of the alveolar septa by dense collections of lymphocytes admixed with plasma cells and other cellular elements, resulting widening the alveolar septa (1). LIP has a propensity to be in the perilymphatic interstitium. LIP commonly is associated with Sj
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2. Johkoh T, Muller NL, Pickford HA, Hartman TE, Ichikado K, Akira M, Honda O, Nakamura H. Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia: thin-section CT findings in 22 patients. Radiology 1999;212(2):567-572. doi: 10.1148/radiology.212.2.r99au05567
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Keywords

No. of Applicants : 98

▶ Correct Answer : 9/98, 9.2%

- Jichi Medical University Hospital , Japan JUN KANZAWA
- , Italy PAOLO BALDASSARI
- Chungbuk National University Hospital , Korea (South) JIYUN KANG
- Vita Hospital , Brazil DIOGO LAGO PINHEIRO
- Ajou University Hospital , Korea (South) HYUNSEUNG LEE
- Ajou University Hospital , Korea (South) MINJI KIM
- Ajou University Hospital , Korea (South) YOU NA KIM
- Other , Korea (South) CHAEHUN LIM
- Nerimahikarigaoka hospital , Japan TAKANA HAYASHI

▶ Correct Answer as Differential Diagnosis : 14/98, 14.3%

- Saitama-Sekishinkai Hosptal , Japan MIHOKO YAMAZAKI
- , Japan SUZUNE TSUKAMOTO
- ZIGONG TCM HOSPITAL OF CHINA , China CAO CUN YOU
- Niigata University , Japan ATSUSHI UEHARA
- Tiger Gate Hospital , Japan SHIN-ICHI CHO
- Other , Korea (South) SEONGSU KANG
- The University of Tokyo Hospital , Japan WATARU GONOI
- Kaneda hospital , Japan HIROFUMI MIFUNE
- Kyoto University Hospital , Japan YASUHISA KURATA
- Dokkyo Medical University , Japan HIROAKI ARAKAWA
- Chonnam National University Hospital , Korea (South) SOMIN LEE
- Ichinomiya Nishi Hospital , Japan Takao Kiguchi
- , Japan YUKI HAYASHI
- the first affiliatited hospital of nanjing medical univercity , China HAI XU

▶ Semi-Correct Answer : 5/98, 5.1%

- National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry , Japan MOTO NAKAYA
- , Japan FUMINORI MIYOSHI
- Ajou University Hospital , Korea (South) HAEIN LEE
- The University of Tokyo Hospital , Japan TOSHIHIRO FURUTA
- Osaka metropolitan university Hospital , Japan TATSUSHI OURA

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Case No : 1318 Date 2023-01-25

Discussion

No. of Applicants : 98