ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020
Physiological Criteria Are Useful for the Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pleuroparenchymal Fibroelastosis.
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- A Young Man With Apical Fibrotic Changes on Chest Imaging and History of Pneumothorax.CHEST pulmonary · 2026Article
- Upper lung asymmetry identifies distinct clinical phenotypes in idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2026Article
- Rare interstitial lung diseases: a narrative review.Journal of thoracic disease · 2024Review
- Platythorax increases residual volume/total lung capacity in idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis.ERJ open research · 2024Article
- Prognostic value of coexisting conditions and complications in pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis: a single-center retrospective study.Sarcoidosis, vasculitis, and diffuse lung diseases : official journal of WASOG · 2024Article
- A proposed prognostic prediction score for pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis.Respiratory research · 2021Article
- Severe and progressive platythorax disproportionate to lung fibrosis: A rare variant of idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis.Respiratory medicine case reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundDiagnostic criteria of idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (IPPFE) were recently proposed, including physiological criteria of the body mass index (BMI) and percentage of the predicted values of residual volume (RV)/total lung capacity (TLC) (RV/TLC %pred.). The aim of this study was to evaluate (i) whether the physiologic criteria are useful for the diagnosis and (ii) whether the flat chest index, defined as the ratio of the anteroposterior diameter to the transverse diameter of the thoracic cage, could be an alternative parameter to RV/TLC %pred.
methodsWe selected consecutive IPPFE patients and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) patients. We examined the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of the physiological criteria and flat chest index for differentiating IPPFE patients from IPF patients.
resultsThis study included 37 IPPFE patients and 89 IPF patients. The physiological criteria distinguished IPPFE patients from IPF patients with a sensitivity of 78.6% and specificity of 88.0%. The combination of the flat chest index and BMI was also effective for differentiation (sensitivity of 82.1% and specificity of 89.3%).
conclusionWe verified the good performance of the physiologic criteria in a different cohort. When the RV/TLC is not measured, using the flat chest index instead of RV/TLC %pred. may be reasonable.
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