High resolution CT in respiratory bronchiolitis-associated interstitial lung disease.
High-resolution CT findings have been described for several diffuse lung diseases. Respiratory bronchiolitis-associated interstitial lung disease (RB-ILD) is an inflammatory lung disorder associated with cigarette smoking. This condition has only recently been described and distinguished from desquamative interstitial pneumonitis, which it closely resembles. We describe high-resolution CT findings in five cases of biopsy-proven RB-ILD. The findings are variable and range from no detectable abnormality to atelectasis, ground-glass opacities, emphysema, and linear and reticular interstitial abnormalities.
Holt
R M
RM
Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
Schmidt
R A
RA
Godwin
J D
JD
Raghu
G
G
D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001706:Biopsy; D001988:Bronchiolitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011653:Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
D002245:Carbon Dioxide