Usual interstitial pneumonia
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2004
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We report the case of a 49-year old woman with an idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) initially diagnosed as a systemic lupus erythematosus. The IPF is an uncommon clinical entity with an estimated prevalence from 3 to 6 cases per 100,000 in the general population of the United States. This disease is characterised by an insidious onset, a pejorative course and poor survival prognosis (median survival: 2.8 years). The diagnosis is often difficult and depends on the exclusion of other diseases associated with interstitial lung injury. It is generally established only after collegial coordination between the clinician, the radiologist and the pathologist. New consensuses are now published to establish a clear and explicit classification of the IPF. Moreover, because of the poor results obtained with conventional immunosuppressive drugs, new treatments are proposed. Case Reports English Abstract Journal Article info:eu-repo/semantics/published |
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uri/info:pmid/15291451 local/ec-0073 http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/20701 |
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Revue Medicale de Bruxelles, 25 (3 |
Palavras-Chave | #Pneumologie #Adrenal Cortex Hormones -- therapeutic use #Diagnosis, Differential #Female #Humans #Lung Diseases, Interstitial -- diagnosis #Lung Diseases, Interstitial -- drug therapy #Lung Diseases, Interstitial -- radiography #Middle Aged #Tomography, X-Ray Computed |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ulb-repo/semantics/articlePeerReview info:ulb-repo/semantics/openurl/article |