One-year Follow-up of Three Cases of Smoking-related Interstitial Fibrosis.

Author: Dong Jun OH ¹ ; So My KOO ; Yang Ki KIM ; Ki Up KIM ; Soo Taek UH ; Hyun Jo KIM ; Dong Won KIM
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1. Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunghyang University Seoul Hospital, Soonchunghyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. uhs@schmc.ac.kr
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: Smoking; Fibrosis; Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
MeSH: Bronchiolitis; Collagen; Emphysema; Fibrosis*; Follow-Up Studies*; Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis; Korea; Smoking
From:Korean Journal of Medicine 2016;91(1):49-56
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:Korean
Abstract: Smoking-related interstitial fibrosis (SRIF) is characterized by marked alveolar septal fibrosis seen as distinct thick collagen bundles, along with emphysema and respiratory bronchiolitis. In 2010, SRIF was deemed a new entity that differed from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) clinically, pathologically, and radiologically. No case of SRIF has been reported in Korea and it is rare worldwide. Here, we report the 1-year follow-up of three cases of SRIF.