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ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2014

Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia and usual interstitial pneumonia: comparison of the clinicopathologic features and prognosis.

Xia Li, Chang Chen, Jinfu Xu, Jinming Liu, Xianghua Yi, Xiwen Sun, Jingyun Shi

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Article in Journal of thoracic disease, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Xia Li1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, 2 Department of Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China ; 3 Department of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200065, China ; 4 Department of Radiology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China.
Chang Chen1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, 2 Department of Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China ; 3 Department of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200065, China ; 4 Department of Radiology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China.
Jinfu Xu1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, 2 Department of Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China ; 3 Department of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200065, China ; 4 Department of Radiology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China.
Jinming Liu1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, 2 Department of Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China ; 3 Department of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200065, China ; 4 Department of Radiology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China.
Xianghua Yi1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, 2 Department of Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China ; 3 Department of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200065, China ; 4 Department of Radiology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China.
Xiwen Sun1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, 2 Department of Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China ; 3 Department of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200065, China ; 4 Department of Radiology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China.
Jingyun Shi1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, 2 Department of Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China ; 3 Department of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200065, China ; 4 Department of Radiology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China.
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Abstract

backgroundNonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) has recently been proposed as a histologic type of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP), but its broad spectrum of clinicopathologic findings and variable prognosis are poorly understood. It is particularly unclear how NSIP and usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) are related. The present study investigated the clinicopathologic features and prognosis of NSIP, and its differential diagnosis from UIP.

methodsThe clinicopathologic findings and prognosis in 21 NSIP and 18 UIP patients who underwent surgical or video-assisted thoracoscopic lung biopsy were reviewed.

resultsNSIP was more frequent in women and showed nonspecific clinical manifestations. High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) demonstrated ground-glass, net-like, and patchy attenuation in both lungs. Semiquantitative HRCT showed a median fibrosis score of 3 (range, 0 to 7) in NSIP patients and 5 (range, 2 to 7) in UIP patients (P<0.01). On histopathologic examination, NSIP cases were heterogeneous and the findings could be categorized into cellular and fibrosing patterns. The mean age of the NSIP and UIP patients was 48 and 60 years, respectively. The frequencies of fibroblast foci, myogelosis, honeycomb lesions, and pulmonary structural destruction in NSIP and UIP patients were 16.7% and 100% (P<0.001), 22.2% and 85.7% (P<0.05), 16.7% and 92.9% (P<0.001), and 27.8% and 100% (P<0.05), respectively. The responses to glucocorticoid treatment and the prognosis were significantly greater in NSIP than those in UIP.

conclusionsNSIP was difficult to be differentiated from UIP by general clinical manifestations, but HRCT can be helpful for this purpose. Definitive diagnosis depends on the results of surgical lung biopsy.

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clinicopathologydiagnosisNonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP)usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP)

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PMID25364525
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