ArticleInternational journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease2016
Smoking-related interstitial fibrosis combined with pulmonary emphysema: computed tomography-pathologic correlative study using lobectomy specimens.
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- Approach to the Evaluation and Management of Interstitial Lung Abnormalities: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Statement.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2025Guideline
- Current diagnosis, epidemiology, and management of interstitial lung abnormalities.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Understanding cystic lung lesions in smokers with interstitial lung disease: radiologic-pathological correlation.Insights into imaging · 2025Article
- CT features of pathologically proven smoking-related interstitial fibrosis: compared with emphysema and usual interstitial pneumonia.European radiology · 2025Article
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- Smoking-Related Interstitial Fibrosis (SRIF) in Patients Presenting With Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease.American journal of clinical pathology · 2023Article
- [Smoking-related interstitial lung diseases].Radiologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2022Review
- Interstitial lung abnormalities and interstitial lung diseases associated with cigarette smoking in a rural cohort undergoing surgical resection.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2022Article
- Interstitial Lung Abnormalities: What Radiologists Should Know.Korean journal of radiology · 2021Review
- Interstitial lung abnormalities detected incidentally on CT: a Position Paper from the Fleischner Society.The Lancet. Respiratory medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate the incidence and pathologic correlation of thin-section computed tomography (TSCT) findings in smoking-related interstitial fibrosis (SRIF) with pulmonary emphysema. PATIENTS AND
methodsOur study included 172 consecutive patients who underwent TSCT and subsequent lobectomy. TSCT findings including clustered cysts with visible walls (CCVW) and ground-glass attenuation with/without reticulation (GGAR) were evaluated and compared in nonsmokers and smokers and among lung locations. TSCT findings, especially CCVW, were also compared with histological findings using lobectomy specimens.
resultsThe incidence of CCVW and GGAR was significantly higher in smokers than in nonsmokers (34.1% and 40.7%, respectively, vs 2.0% and 12.2%). CCVW and GGAR were frequently found in the lower and peripheral zones. Histologically, CCVW corresponded more often with SRIF with emphysema than usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP, 63.3% vs 30%). CCVW of irregular size and shape were seen in 19 of 20 SRIF with emphysema and in seven of nine UIP-manifested areas with similar round cysts. A less-involved subpleural parenchyma was observed more frequently in SRIF with emphysema.
conclusionSRIF with emphysema is a more frequent pathological finding than UIP in patients with CCVW on TSCT. The irregular size and shape of CCVW and a less-involved subpleural parenchyma may be a clue suggesting the presence of SRIF with emphysema.
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