Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias: Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation.
10.3348/jkrs.2002.46.5.403
- Author:
Young Cheol YOON
1
;
Gee Young SUH
;
Joungho HAN
;
Kyung Soo LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine. kslee@smc.samsung.co.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Lung fibrosis;
Lung diseases;
Pneumonia, interstitial with fibrosis
- MeSH:
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias*;
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis;
Lung;
Lung Diseases;
Lung Diseases, Interstitial;
Prognosis
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
2002;46(5):403-415
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias are at present classified as one of four types: usual, nonspecific, acute, or desquamative. The acute form has the worst prognosis, followed by the usual and the nonspecific form; it is in desquamative cases that prognosis is best. At high-resolution CT, usual interstitial pneumonia, the most frequent type, manifests as patchy subpleural areas of ground-glass attenuation, irregular linear opacity, and honeycombing, which the nonspecific type, the second most frequent, appears as subpleural patchy areas of ground-glass attenuation with associated areas of irregular linear opacity. Acute interstitial pneumonia demonstrates extensive bilateral airspace consolidation and patchy or diffuse bilateral areas of ground-glass attenuation in middle and lower lung zones.
