Pathological and radiological correlation in an autopsy case of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema

We report an educational autopsy case of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema. Radiological patterns of the upper lung were considered as mostly emphysema, but pathological observation revealed significant interstitial fibrosis of usual interstitial pneumonia as a major pathology. The patient e...

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Autores principales: Karata, Hiroki, Tanaka, Tomonori, Egashira, Ryoko, Tabata, Kazuhiro, Otani, Kyoko, Hayashi, Ryuji, Hori, Takashi, Fukuoka, Junya
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4501445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26185436
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S83521
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author Karata, Hiroki
Tanaka, Tomonori
Egashira, Ryoko
Tabata, Kazuhiro
Otani, Kyoko
Hayashi, Ryuji
Hori, Takashi
Fukuoka, Junya
author_facet Karata, Hiroki
Tanaka, Tomonori
Egashira, Ryoko
Tabata, Kazuhiro
Otani, Kyoko
Hayashi, Ryuji
Hori, Takashi
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description We report an educational autopsy case of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema. Radiological patterns of the upper lung were considered as mostly emphysema, but pathological observation revealed significant interstitial fibrosis of usual interstitial pneumonia as a major pathology. The patient eventually developed acute exacerbation of background interstitial pneumonia. Careful radiological and pathological correlation of the current case indicates that regions with distal acinar emphysema on computed tomography image may possess histologically marked dense fibrosis of lethal interstitial pneumonia.
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spelling pubmed-45014452015-07-16 Pathological and radiological correlation in an autopsy case of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema Karata, Hiroki Tanaka, Tomonori Egashira, Ryoko Tabata, Kazuhiro Otani, Kyoko Hayashi, Ryuji Hori, Takashi Fukuoka, Junya Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis Case Report We report an educational autopsy case of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema. Radiological patterns of the upper lung were considered as mostly emphysema, but pathological observation revealed significant interstitial fibrosis of usual interstitial pneumonia as a major pathology. The patient eventually developed acute exacerbation of background interstitial pneumonia. Careful radiological and pathological correlation of the current case indicates that regions with distal acinar emphysema on computed tomography image may possess histologically marked dense fibrosis of lethal interstitial pneumonia. Dove Medical Press 2015-07-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4501445/ /pubmed/26185436 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S83521 Text en © 2015 Karata et al. This work is published by Dove Medical Press Limited, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License The full terms of the License are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
spellingShingle Case Report
Karata, Hiroki
Tanaka, Tomonori
Egashira, Ryoko
Tabata, Kazuhiro
Otani, Kyoko
Hayashi, Ryuji
Hori, Takashi
Fukuoka, Junya
Pathological and radiological correlation in an autopsy case of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema
title Pathological and radiological correlation in an autopsy case of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema
title_full Pathological and radiological correlation in an autopsy case of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema
title_fullStr Pathological and radiological correlation in an autopsy case of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema
title_full_unstemmed Pathological and radiological correlation in an autopsy case of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema
title_short Pathological and radiological correlation in an autopsy case of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema
title_sort pathological and radiological correlation in an autopsy case of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4501445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26185436
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S83521
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