Emphysema mimicking interstitial lung disease: Two case reports

Honeycombing in general is a sign of severe end-stage fibrosis. Here we present two cases, where the combination of emphysema, acute inflammation and pulmonary embolism gave an appearance of honeycombing seen in pulmonary fibrosis. HRCT interpretation in the evaluation of acutely ill patients with p...

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Autores principales: Juhl, Kasper S., Bendstrup, Elisabeth, Rasmussen, Finn, Hilberg, Ole
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4501443/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26236586
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2014.12.004
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description Honeycombing in general is a sign of severe end-stage fibrosis. Here we present two cases, where the combination of emphysema, acute inflammation and pulmonary embolism gave an appearance of honeycombing seen in pulmonary fibrosis. HRCT interpretation in the evaluation of acutely ill patients with pulmonary infection is a challenge. Our case reports emphasize the importance of a multidisciplinary approach, when it comes to patients with suspected complicated pulmonary diseases. At the same time they give very realistic examples of the challenges found in diagnosing patients with simultaneous acute and chronic pulmonary diseases.
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spelling pubmed-45014432015-08-01 Emphysema mimicking interstitial lung disease: Two case reports Juhl, Kasper S. Bendstrup, Elisabeth Rasmussen, Finn Hilberg, Ole Respir Med Case Rep Case Report Honeycombing in general is a sign of severe end-stage fibrosis. Here we present two cases, where the combination of emphysema, acute inflammation and pulmonary embolism gave an appearance of honeycombing seen in pulmonary fibrosis. HRCT interpretation in the evaluation of acutely ill patients with pulmonary infection is a challenge. Our case reports emphasize the importance of a multidisciplinary approach, when it comes to patients with suspected complicated pulmonary diseases. At the same time they give very realistic examples of the challenges found in diagnosing patients with simultaneous acute and chronic pulmonary diseases. Elsevier 2014-12-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4501443/ /pubmed/26236586 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2014.12.004 Text en © 2015 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Emphysema mimicking interstitial lung disease: Two case reports
title Emphysema mimicking interstitial lung disease: Two case reports
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title_short Emphysema mimicking interstitial lung disease: Two case reports
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4501443/
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