Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis – A rare idiopathic interstitial pneumonia

Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis is a rare idiopathic interstitial pneumonia. It was first described in 2004 and subsequently included in the ATS/ERS classification of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia in 2013. There have been few cases reported so far. The diagnostic criteria is still em...

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Autores principales: Thangakunam, Balamugesh, Isaac, Barney T.J., Christopher, Devasahayam Jesudas, Burad, Deepak
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4821335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27141432
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.11.004
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author Thangakunam, Balamugesh
Isaac, Barney T.J.
Christopher, Devasahayam Jesudas
Burad, Deepak
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description Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis is a rare idiopathic interstitial pneumonia. It was first described in 2004 and subsequently included in the ATS/ERS classification of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia in 2013. There have been few cases reported so far. The diagnostic criteria is still emerging and its etiology is being questioned. We report a case of pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis probably idiopathic, the first of its kind to be reported from India, and a brief review of the literature.
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spelling pubmed-48213352016-05-02 Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis – A rare idiopathic interstitial pneumonia Thangakunam, Balamugesh Isaac, Barney T.J. Christopher, Devasahayam Jesudas Burad, Deepak Respir Med Case Rep Case Report Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis is a rare idiopathic interstitial pneumonia. It was first described in 2004 and subsequently included in the ATS/ERS classification of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia in 2013. There have been few cases reported so far. The diagnostic criteria is still emerging and its etiology is being questioned. We report a case of pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis probably idiopathic, the first of its kind to be reported from India, and a brief review of the literature. Elsevier 2015-11-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4821335/ /pubmed/27141432 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.11.004 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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title_full Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis – A rare idiopathic interstitial pneumonia
title_fullStr Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis – A rare idiopathic interstitial pneumonia
title_full_unstemmed Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis – A rare idiopathic interstitial pneumonia
title_short Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis – A rare idiopathic interstitial pneumonia
title_sort idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis – a rare idiopathic interstitial pneumonia
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