| Literature DB >> 25591580 |
Takeshi Johkoh1, Junya Fukuoka2, Tomonori Tanaka3.
Abstract
The new American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society (ATS/ERS) update to the multidisciplinary classification of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) defines both rare IIPs and rare histologic patterns of IIPs. Although these diseases are rare, each has some distinguishing imaging and pathologic characteristics. Common findings for IIPs in computed tomography (CT) include cysts in lymphoid interstitial pneumonia (LIP), upper lobe subpleural consolidation in pleuropulmonary fibroelastosis (PPFE), symmetrical consolidation in acute fibrinous organizing pneumonia (AFOP), and peribronchovascular consolidation or centrilobular nodules in bronchiolocentric pattern of interstitial pneumonia.Entities:
Keywords: CT; Consensus classification; Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25591580 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.11.032
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Radiol ISSN: 0720-048X Impact factor: 3.528