title: Case report of desquamative interstitial pneumonia: documentation of preserved pulmonary function after twelve clinical relapses.
abstract: We describe a case of desquamative interstitial pneumonia diagnosed in a 25-year-old woman who relapsed 12 times during a 20-year follow-up period. In each relapse, the involved sites were different and the patient ultimately recovered without resultant pulmonary ventilatory defects. Bronchoalveolar lavage performed during the 12th relapse revealed a remarkable increase in the number of total cells and showed a low CD4+/CD8+ ratio in the lymphocyte subset.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Usui
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takayama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kimula
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012008:Recurrence; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests