Type:
Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
Inflammation, Chronic obstructive airways disease, Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis, CT-High Resolution, CT, Thorax, Lung, Computer applications
Authors:
G. Marrone1, F. Crinò1, S. Caruso1, A. Di Piazza1, G. Gentile1, V. Carollo1, G. Mamone2, M. Milazzo2, E. Oddo3; 1Palermo/IT, 2Palermo, It/IT, 3Palermo /IT
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2018/C-1416
Conclusion
There is a strong correlation between smoking and interstitial lung diseases,
as well as overlapping in their clinical and radiological manifestations.
Chest HRCT remains the diagnostic modality of choice,
and can be sufficient to establish the diagnosis in some cases.
The interstitial lung diseases frequently present with overlapping clinical pathological features and in addition may coexist within the same patient.
In the clinical routine the differential diagnosis may be challenging or even impossible.
To the radiologist is required an integrated clinical,
radiologic,
and pathologic approach for accurate diagnosis of the SR-ILDs.
A final diagnosis of an SR-ILD and identification of the specific entity can be made with certainty only after the pulmonologist,
radiologist,
and pathologist have reviewed all of the clinical,
radiologic,
and pathologic data (multidisciplinary approach).
Smoking cessation may lead to improvement in many patients with RB-ILD and general stabilization or improvement in DIP and PLCH.
In progressive disease,
listing for lung transplantation must be considered in good time.