Acute Interstitial Pneumonia: HRCT Findings in Five Patients.
10.3348/jkrs.1995.33.5.745
- Author:
Eun Young KANG
;
Yu Whan OH
;
Won Hyuck SUH
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Diagnosis;
Humans;
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias;
Lung;
Lung Diseases, Interstitial*;
Pleural Effusion;
Retrospective Studies;
Thorax;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
1995;33(5):745-750
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To describe HRCT findings in five patients with pathologically proved acute interstitial pneumonia MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study included 5 patients with pathological and clinical diagnosis of acute interstitial pneumonia. Mean age of the patients was 40(range, 31-53 years). CT scans were reviewed by two chest radiologists retrospectively. CT scans were assessed for the presence and distribution of ground-glass attenuation, air-space consolidation, interlobular septal thickening, honeycombing, and pleural effusion. RESULTS: The area of ground-glass attenuation and air-space consolidation were seen at HRCT in all 5 patients. These lesions were distributed diffusely in both lungs, but involved predominantly subpleural lungs in 2 patients and posterior lungs in 3 patients. Three patients had mild interlobular septal thickening. None of them showed honeycombing. Three of the 5 patients died within 52 days of initial manifestation. CONCLUSION: Acute interstitial pneumonia differs from the more chronic form of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia in their HRCT findings.
