RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Challenges in pulmonary fibrosis · 4: Smoking-induced diffuse interstitial lung diseases
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 904
OP 910
DO 10.1136/thx.2004.031021
VO 62
IS 10
A1 Athol U Wells
A1 Andrew G Nicholson
A1 David M Hansell
YR 2007
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/62/10/904.abstract
AB Smoking-induced diffuse interstitial lung processes include respiratory bronchiolitis, respiratory bronchiolitis-associated interstitial lung disease (RBILD), desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP) and Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis. The histological, radiological and clinical features of respiratory bronchiolitis, RBILD and DIP are reviewed, with particular reference to management issues; Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis is covered elsewhere in this series of articles. Possible relationships between smoking and other diffuse lung diseases are explored briefly.