title: Respiratory bronchiolitis associated with interstitial lung disease.
abstract: Respiratory bronchiolitis associated with interstitial lung disease (RB-ILD), first described by Niewoehner et al in an autopsy study of cigarette smokers who died from non pulmonary causes in 1974, is a rare entity that should be distinguished from the other interstitial lung diseases and in particular from desquamative interstitial pneumonia, although the two conditions share a similar histopathological pattern. RB-ILD is clearly connected with tobacco smoking and has been inserted in the "smoking related interstitial lung diseases" together with DIP and Cell histiocytosis of Langerhans; it may also be associated with occupational exposure to machine fumes. The following is a case report of a patient with both smoking and occupational exposure.
authors.affiliation: UO Pneumologia, Ospedale S Bartolomeo, Sarzana (SP), Italy. pieraldo.canessa@ausl5.la-spezia.it
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Canessa
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pratticò
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bancalari
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fedeli
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bacigalupo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Silvano
mesh_terms: D001988:Bronchiolitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*