title: New perspectives on interstitial lung disease.
abstract: Pulmonologists, pulmonary pathologists, and radiologists disagree about the pathogenesis, manifestations, and prognosis of the diseases included as "interstitial." The author attempts to place the current understanding of the interstitial diseases in a usable perspective centered on the abnormal chest roentgenogram. Special consideration is given to the progression of several types of interstitial pneumonitis to end-stage lung disease.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003095:Collagen Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography