High resolution CT in respiratory bronchiolitis-associated interstitial lung disease

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1993 Jan-Feb;17(1):46-50. doi: 10.1097/00004728-199301000-00007.

Abstract

High-resolution CT findings have been described for several diffuse lung diseases. Respiratory bronchiolitis-associated interstitial lung disease (RB-ILD) is an inflammatory lung disorder associated with cigarette smoking. This condition has only recently been described and distinguished from desquamative interstitial pneumonitis, which it closely resembles. We describe high-resolution CT findings in five cases of biopsy-proven RB-ILD. The findings are variable and range from no detectable abnormality to atelectasis, ground-glass opacities, emphysema, and linear and reticular interstitial abnormalities.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Airway Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
  • Biopsy
  • Bronchiolitis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Bronchiolitis / etiology
  • Bronchiolitis / metabolism
  • Bronchiolitis / pathology
  • Carbon Dioxide / metabolism
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / complications
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / metabolism
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*

Substances

  • Carbon Dioxide