title: Non-specific interstitial pneumonia showing a "crazy paving" pattern on high resolution CT.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Coche
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weynand
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Noirhomme
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pieters
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed