Giant cell interstitial pneumonia: high-resolution CT and pathologic findings in four adult patients.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of our study was to describe the high-resolution CT and pathologic findings of giant cell interstitial pneumonia (GIP) in four adult patients.


CONCLUSIONS
GIP appears on high-resolution CT as ground-glass and irregular linear opacities in both lungs. These CT findings correspond histopathologically to areas of interstitial thickening caused by fibrosis and inflammatory cell infiltration and to areas of intraalveolar accumulation of macrophages and multinucleated giant cells.
Choi
Jin Wook
JW
Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50, Ilwon-Dong, Kangnam-Ku, Seoul 135-710, Korea.
Lee
Kyung Soo
KS
Chung
Man Pyo
MP
Han
Joungho
J
Chung
Myung Jin
MJ
Park
Jai Soung
JS
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D015726:Giant Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D019570:Inhalation Exposure; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed