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A case of combined sarcoidosis and usual interstitial pneumonia
- Source :
- Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan). 51(14)
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease of unknown etiology with characteristic pulmonary lesions, which are often distributed in the upper lung fields. We describe a unique case of sarcoidosis with lower lung field-dominant reticular shadows. Three years after the diagnosis of sarcoidosis based on histologic findings of the mediastinal lymph nodes and transbronchial lung biopsy specimens, the patient developed acute respiratory failure and died. The autopsy showed usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP), with honeycombing and superimposed diffuse alveolar damage of the lungs. The findings suggest that the patient had both sarcoidosis and UIP, and that the UIP later progressed to acute exacerbation.
- Subjects :
- Lung Diseases
Male
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Time Factors
Exacerbation
Sarcoidosis
Autopsy
Fatal Outcome
Usual interstitial pneumonia
Internal Medicine
medicine
Humans
Honeycombing
Diffuse alveolar damage
Lung
business.industry
General Medicine
respiratory system
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
respiratory tract diseases
medicine.anatomical_structure
Etiology
business
Respiratory Insufficiency
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13497235
- Volume :
- 51
- Issue :
- 14
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5c873fea8a572435af2815cae44f9c9b