title: Case study review.
abstract: Examining case studies from patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) is important in order to evaluate current diagnosis and treatment options. Two cases will be discussed; the first case examines a patient with usual interstitial pneumonia, and the second case examines a patient with subacute ILD and elements to suggest a forme fruste presentation of an unclassifiable connective tissue disease. Each case highlights components of the differential diagnosis, as well as reviews the treatments and prognoses of these patients. The cases provide clinical pearls that are designed to enhance the reader's understanding of ILDs.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary and Critical Care Section, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St, PO Box 208057, New Haven, CT 06520-8057, USA. Paul.noble@yale.edu
authors.forename: Paul W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Noble
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tanoue
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Homer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D005082:Physical Exertion; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014581:Urticaria / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D010100:Oxygen; D011241:Prednisone