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==Overview== | |||
'''Desquamative interstitial pneumonia''' is a form of [[idiopathic interstitial pneumonia]] featuring elevated levels of [[macrophages]]. | '''Desquamative interstitial pneumonia''' is a form of [[idiopathic interstitial pneumonia]] featuring elevated levels of [[macrophages]]. | ||
==Historical Perspective== | |||
Its name is derived from the former belief that these macrophages were [[pneumocyte]]s that had desquamated.<ref name="isbn0-7216-0187-1">{{cite book |author=Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Nelso Fausto; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K. |title=Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease |publisher=Elsevier Saunders |location=St. Louis, Mo |year=2005 |pages=740 |isbn=0-7216-0187-1 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> | Its name is derived from the former belief that these macrophages were [[pneumocyte]]s that had desquamated.<ref name="isbn0-7216-0187-1">{{cite book |author=Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Nelso Fausto; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K. |title=Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease |publisher=Elsevier Saunders |location=St. Louis, Mo |year=2005 |pages=740 |isbn=0-7216-0187-1 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> | ||
==Causes== | |||
It is associated with patients with a history of [[smoking]].<ref name="pmid10584810">{{cite journal |author=Heyneman LE, Ward S, Lynch DA, Remy-Jardin M, Johkoh T, Müller NL |title=Respiratory bronchiolitis, respiratory bronchiolitis-associated interstitial lung disease, and desquamative interstitial pneumonia: different entities or part of the spectrum of the same disease process? |journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol |volume=173 |issue=6 |pages=1617–22 |year=1999 |month=December |pmid=10584810 |doi= |url=http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=10584810}}</ref> | It is associated with patients with a history of [[smoking]].<ref name="pmid10584810">{{cite journal |author=Heyneman LE, Ward S, Lynch DA, Remy-Jardin M, Johkoh T, Müller NL |title=Respiratory bronchiolitis, respiratory bronchiolitis-associated interstitial lung disease, and desquamative interstitial pneumonia: different entities or part of the spectrum of the same disease process? |journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol |volume=173 |issue=6 |pages=1617–22 |year=1999 |month=December |pmid=10584810 |doi= |url=http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=10584810}}</ref> | ||
==Medical Therapy== | |||
Treatment with [[methylprednisolone]] has been reported.<ref name="pmid10624777">{{cite journal |author=Paul K, Klettke U, Moldenhauer J, ''et al'' |title=Increasing dose of methylprednisolone pulse therapy treats desquamative interstitial pneumonia in a child |journal=Eur. Respir. J. |volume=14 |issue=6 |pages=1429–32 |year=1999 |month=December |pmid=10624777 |doi= |url=http://erj.ersjournals.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=10624777}}</ref> | Treatment with [[methylprednisolone]] has been reported.<ref name="pmid10624777">{{cite journal |author=Paul K, Klettke U, Moldenhauer J, ''et al'' |title=Increasing dose of methylprednisolone pulse therapy treats desquamative interstitial pneumonia in a child |journal=Eur. Respir. J. |volume=14 |issue=6 |pages=1429–32 |year=1999 |month=December |pmid=10624777 |doi= |url=http://erj.ersjournals.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=10624777}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Desquamative interstitial pneumonia is a form of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia featuring elevated levels of macrophages.
Historical Perspective
Its name is derived from the former belief that these macrophages were pneumocytes that had desquamated.[1]
Causes
It is associated with patients with a history of smoking.[2]
Medical Therapy
Treatment with methylprednisolone has been reported.[3]
References
- ↑ Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Nelso Fausto; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K. (2005). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease. St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Saunders. p. 740. ISBN 0-7216-0187-1.
- ↑ Heyneman LE, Ward S, Lynch DA, Remy-Jardin M, Johkoh T, Müller NL (1999). "Respiratory bronchiolitis, respiratory bronchiolitis-associated interstitial lung disease, and desquamative interstitial pneumonia: different entities or part of the spectrum of the same disease process?". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 173 (6): 1617–22. PMID 10584810. Unknown parameter
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