Non-specific interstitial pneumonia showing a "crazy paving" pattern on high resolution CT.
Non-specific interstitial pneumonia is characterized pathologically by uniform interstitial inflammation and fibrosis. This disease is most commonly demonstrated on high resolution CT as subpleural ground-glass opacity mixed with irregular linear opacities. The authors report a case of non-specific interstitial pneumonia with high resolution findings consistent with a "crazy paving pattern". This appearance, represented by smoothly thickened interlobular septa with a background of geographic areas of ground-glass opacity, is unusual for non-specific interstitial pneumonia and was indistinguishable from other interstitial or alveolar lung diseases.
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Department of Radiology, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
Weynand
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Noirhomme
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Pieters
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D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed