Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 65(4); 2008 > Article
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2008;65(4):328-333.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2008.65.4.328    Published online October 1, 2008.
Recurrent Desquamative Interstitial Pneumonia with Fibrotic Lung Disease.
Won Jin Kim, Jeong Hee Choi, Yong Bum Park, Sung Woo Cho, Eun Sook Nam, Eun Kyung Mo
1Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea. ekmo@hallym.or.kr
2Department of Thoracic Surgery, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea.
3Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
Desquamative interstitial pneumonia is an uncommon form of interstitial lung diseases and it has a good prognosis compared with other types of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia. A 69-year old man was admitted to our hospital because of a 3-month history of dyspnea. The patient presented with hypoxemia. High-resolution computerized tomography of the patient showed ground glass opacity and traction bronchiectasis with subpleural early honeycombing on the both lung fields. The pathologic findings of the video-assisted thoracoscopy lung biopsy were compatible with desquamative interstitial pneumonia, and irregularly distributed interstitial fibrosis and inflammation were observed at the peripheral parenchyme. Oral predinsolone was started; his symptoms and chest x-ray were improved, and so he stopped taking the prednisolone. Ten months later, the desquamative interstitial pneumonia recurred. We report here on a case of recurrent desquamative interstitial pneumonia with fibrotic lung disease.
Key Words: Desquamative interstitial pneumonia, Recurrent, Fibrotic lung disease


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