A Case of Passive Smoking Induced Respiratory Bronchiolitis Associated Interstitial Lung Disease.
10.4046/trd.2005.59.5.541
- Author:
Kyoung Ju LEE
1
;
Jung Ha KIM
;
Eun Sil HA
;
Jin Yong JUNG
;
Seung Hyeun LEE
;
Se Joong KIM
;
Eun Joo LEE
;
Gyu Young HUR
;
Hye Cheol JUNG
;
Sung Yong LEE
;
Hyn Koo KIM
;
Sang Yeub LEE
;
Je Hyeong KIM
;
Chol SHIN
;
Jae Jeong SHIM
;
Kwang Ho IN
;
Kyung Ho KANG
;
Se Hwa YOO
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. kkhchest@korea.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Respiratory bronchiolitis;
Interstitial lung disease;
Passive smoking
- MeSH:
Bronchioles;
Bronchiolitis*;
Cough;
Dyspnea;
Female;
Humans;
Lung Diseases, Interstitial*;
Macrophages;
Middle Aged;
Pathology;
Tobacco Smoke Pollution*
- From:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2005;59(5):541-545
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Respiratory bronchiolitis associated interstitial lung disease is a rare condition among current or ex-smokers, which has features consistent with interstitial lung disease. The presentations are non-specific, but symptoms generally include a cough and dyspnea on exertion, and its pathology is characterized by the accumulation of pigmented macrophages within the respiratory bronchioles and adjacent air spaces, and is associated with mild thickening of the peribronchiolar interstitium. Recently, the case of a 54-year-old woman passive smoker, diagnosed as having respiratory bronchiolitis associated interstitial lung disease, was experienced at our institution.
