Page Nav

HIDE

Grid

GRID_STYLE
latest

DESQUAMATIVE INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA (DIP)

“ Strongly associated with smoking (90% are smokers) , considered the end of the RB-ILD spectrum. More common in men, the prognosis is good ...

Strongly associated with smoking (90% are smokers), considered the end of the RB-ILD spectrum. More common in men, the prognosis is good with steroids and smoking cessation.
Plain film
•  Non-specific, hazy opacities
HRCT

•  Diffuse ground-glass opacification not respecting fissures—this is classic.
•  Deep parenchymal cysts.
•  More commonly a peripheral pattern.