A Good Outcome for a Case of Chronic Pneumonitis of Infancy

Chronic pneumonitis of infancy (CPI) is a very rare interstitial lung disease. Its pathological features differ from other types of interstitial pneumonia that occur in adults and children. The mortality rate of CPI is high, even with treatment. We report a case of a 3 month old girl diagnosed with...

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Autores principales: Kim, Jong Min, Kwon, Seung Yeon, Kim, Eun Soo, Sohn, Myung Hyun, Kim, Kyu Earn, Kim, Myung Joon, Cho, Sang-Ho
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2007
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2628155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17963346
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2007.48.5.865
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Sumario:Chronic pneumonitis of infancy (CPI) is a very rare interstitial lung disease. Its pathological features differ from other types of interstitial pneumonia that occur in adults and children. The mortality rate of CPI is high, even with treatment. We report a case of a 3 month old girl diagnosed with CPI after an open lung biopsy who improved after proper treatment.

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