title: [Pathologic findings both before and after steroid therapy in a case of desquamative interstitial pneumonia].
abstract: A 62-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of dyspnea on effort. Histological findings from video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical biopsy were desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP). Two months after the introduction of steroid therapy, the patient underwent right middle lobe lobectomy for primary lung cancer. The histologic findings in this lobe revealed non-specific interstitial pneumonia, not characteristic of DIP. This case was the first in which histologic examination revealed DIP both before and after steroid therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, 1696 Kohnan, Ohsato, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsushima
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takayanagi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kawata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Motegi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ubukata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yanagisawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanazawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawabata
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D011239:Prednisolone