title: Interstitial Lung Disease with Chilaiditi Syndrome.
abstract: Chilaiditi sign is the peculiar radiographic presentation of interposition of colon between diaphragm and liver. When associated with symptomatology, it is called as chilaiditi's syndrome. Though rare, respiratory symptoms may be present. In such cases, it becomes difficult to determine if the symptomatology is due to the syndrome only, or there is some underlying lung involvement, until this is specifically considered in the differential diagnosis. We present a male patient, where thorough investigations revealed Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD), along with Chilaiditi sign on chest radiograph. Respiratory symptomatology responded partially to the management of underlying ILD. It is left for discussion, whether the Chilaiditi syndrome was also contributing to the overall clinical presentation or the respiratory complaints were solely due to ILD and Chilaiditi sign was an incidental finding.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, D block, Level 5, Government Medical College and Hospital , Chandigarh, India .
authors.forename: Kranti
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, AIIMS , Bhubaneswar, India .
authors.forename: Prasanta Raghab
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Mohapatra
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital , Chandigarh, India .
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital , Chandigarh, India .
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital , Chandigarh, India .
authors.forename: Ashok Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Janmeja
keywords: Chilaiditi sign; Peculiar radiographic presentation, Symptomatology