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Diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis

MedGen UID:
1658997
•Concept ID:
C4721507
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Alveolitides, Fibrosing; Alveolitis, Fibrosing; Fibrosing Alveolitides; Fibrosing Alveolitis; Idiopathic Diffuse Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis
SNOMED CT: Diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis (196125002); DIPF - Diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis (196125002); Fibrosing alveolitis (196125002)
 
Related genes: SFTPA2, MUC5B, RTEL1, TERT, SFTPC, PARN

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Etiology

Loss of weight in a female heavy smoker with diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis.
Al-Adsani A, Dahniya MH, Al-Adsani N
Postgrad Med J 2001 Feb;77(904):127, 137-8. doi: 10.1136/pmj.77.904.127. PMID: 11161092Free PMC Article
HLA association with sarcoidosis and diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis.
Mahbubani V, Trikannad VS, Sainani GS
J Assoc Physicians India 1995 Jan;43(1):28-9. PMID: 9282635
Asbestos-related benign disease and cancer: symptoms and treatment.
Gruber UF
Anticancer Drugs 1990 Dec;1(2):187-97. doi: 10.1097/00001813-199012000-00012. PMID: 2151850
Diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer.
Kawai T, Yakumaru K, Suzuki M, Kageyama K
Acta Pathol Jpn 1987 Jan;37(1):11-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1987.tb03130.x. PMID: 3033984
Environmental fiber-induced pleuro-pulmonary diseases in an Anatolian village: an epidemiologic study.
Artvinli M, Baris YI
Arch Environ Health 1982 May-Jun;37(3):177-81. doi: 10.1080/00039896.1982.10667559. PMID: 6284070

Diagnosis

Diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis.
Sharma SK, Pande JN, Guleria JS
Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci 1984 Oct-Dec;26(4):214-9. PMID: 6545262
Diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis: course and prognosis.
Shah JR
Indian J Chest Dis 1972 Jul;14(3):142-50. PMID: 4639410
Diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis.
Br Med J 1966 Nov 26;2(5525):1281-2. PMID: 5924814Free PMC Article
DIFFUSE INTERSTITIAL PULMONARY FIBROSIS.
COLE PV
Lancet 1964 May 30;1(7344):1202-3. PMID: 14132665
Diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis camouflaged by hypermetabolism and cardiac failure; antemortem diagnosis with biopsy and catheterization studies.
SILVERMAN JJ, TALBOT TJ
Ann Intern Med 1953 Jun;38(6):1326-38. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-38-6-1326. PMID: 13065981

Therapy

Diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis (cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis).
Kunstling TR, Goodwin RA Jr, Des Prez RM
South Med J 1976 Apr;69(4):479-84, 487. doi: 10.1097/00007611-197604000-00029. PMID: 772819
Diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis: course and prognosis.
Shah JR
Indian J Chest Dis 1972 Jul;14(3):142-50. PMID: 4639410
Corticosteroid treatment of diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis.
Gracey DR, Divertie MB
JAMA 1970 Jan 19;211(3):495-7. PMID: 5466926
Diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis.
Marks A
Med Clin North Am 1967 Mar;51(2):439-57. doi: 10.1016/s0025-7125(16)33067-x. PMID: 6017557
Diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis camouflaged by hypermetabolism and cardiac failure; antemortem diagnosis with biopsy and catheterization studies.
SILVERMAN JJ, TALBOT TJ
Ann Intern Med 1953 Jun;38(6):1326-38. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-38-6-1326. PMID: 13065981

Prognosis

Methotrexate-induced pulmonary toxicity in psoriatic arthritis (PsA): case presentation and literature review.
Rondon F, Mendez O, Spinel N, Ochoa C, Saavedra C, Penaranda E, Garcia-Valladares I, Espinoza LR, Iglesias-Gamarra A
Clin Rheumatol 2011 Oct;30(10):1379-84. Epub 2011 May 26 doi: 10.1007/s10067-011-1765-7. PMID: 21614476
Loss of weight in a female heavy smoker with diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis.
Al-Adsani A, Dahniya MH, Al-Adsani N
Postgrad Med J 2001 Feb;77(904):127, 137-8. doi: 10.1136/pmj.77.904.127. PMID: 11161092Free PMC Article
Diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis (cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis).
Kunstling TR, Goodwin RA Jr, Des Prez RM
South Med J 1976 Apr;69(4):479-84, 487. doi: 10.1097/00007611-197604000-00029. PMID: 772819
Diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis: course and prognosis.
Shah JR
Indian J Chest Dis 1972 Jul;14(3):142-50. PMID: 4639410
FAMILIAL INCIDENCE OF DIFFUSE INTERSTITIAL PULMONARY FIBROSIS.
ELLIS RH
Postgrad Med J 1965 Mar;41(473):150-2. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.41.473.150. PMID: 14266689Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Asbestos fiber content of lungs with diffuse interstitial fibrosis: An analytical scanning electron microscopic analysis of 249 cases.
Schneider F, Sporn TA, Roggli VL
Arch Pathol Lab Med 2010 Mar;134(3):457-61. doi: 10.5858/134.3.457. PMID: 20196673
The interaction of asbestos and neutrophils injures cultured human pulmonary epithelial cells: role of hydrogen peroxide.
Kamp DW, Dunne M, Weitzman SA, Dunn MM
J Lab Clin Med 1989 Nov;114(5):604-12. PMID: 2809401
Smoking and pulmonary fibrosis.
Weiss W
J Occup Med 1988 Jan;30(1):33-9. PMID: 3280757
Diffuse pulmonary interstitial fibrosis. Evidence of humoral antibody mediated pathogenesis.
Fan K, D'Orsogna DE
Chest 1984 Feb;85(2):150-5. doi: 10.1378/chest.85.2.150. PMID: 6362997
Methotrexate-induced diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis.
Bedrossian CW, Miller WC, Luna MA
South Med J 1979 Mar;72(3):313-8. doi: 10.1097/00007611-197903000-00023. PMID: 424824

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