title: Managing interstitial lung disease detected on CT during lung cancer screening.
abstract: As long-term smokers undergo computed tomography (CT) to screen for lung cancer, cases of interstitial lung disease are being discovered incidentally. This article explains how to distinguish among the most common forms of interstitial lung disease in this situation and the role of primary care physicians in managing them.
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. E-mail: southeb@ccf.org.|Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Brian D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Southern
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.|Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Rachel G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Scheraga
authors.affiliation: Associate Staff, Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Ruchi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yadav
mesh_terms: D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012907:Smoking; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed