ReviewEuropean respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society2022
Incidental discovery of interstitial lung disease: diagnostic approach, surveillance and perspectives.
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- [Evaluation and clinical management of interstitial lung abnormalities : Position paper of the Austrian Society of Pneumology (ÖGP) and the Austrian Radiological Society (ÖRG) 2026].Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2026Review
- Interstitial lung abnormalities: to treat or not to treat? The hamlet dilemma.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Cryobiopsy at the dawn of fibrosis: unlocking early diagnosis and therapeutic windows.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Interstitial Lung Abnormality in Health Screening Examinees: Prevalence, Outcomes, and Risk Factors.Journal of Korean medical science · 2025Article
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- AI-Based HRCT Quantification in Connective Tissue Disease-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Application of deep learning reconstruction at prone position chest scanning of early interstitial lung disease.BMC medical imaging · 2025Article
- Clinical, radiologic, and serologic predictors of rheumatic disease in interstitial lung disease patients.Clinical rheumatology · 2025Article
- [Target organ the lungs: diversity of fibrotic pulmonary diseases].Innere Medizin (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- A Comprehensive Review of Interstitial Lung Abnormalities.Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) · 2025Review
- Current perspectives on interstitial lung abnormalities.The Korean journal of internal medicine · 2025Review
- Case Report: A Pulmonary Cryptococcosis Presenting as Interstitial Pneumonia in a Patient of IgA Nephropathy.Infection and drug resistance · 2025Article
- Does the Presence of Lung Incidental Findings on Low-Dose CT for Lung Cancer Screening Lead to Additional Testing?CHEST pulmonary · 2024Article
- First-line chemoimmunotherapy for patients with small-cell lung cancer and interstitial lung abnormality: CIP risk and prognostic analysis.Thoracic cancer · 2024Article
- Incidental findings in preoperative computed tomography images of robotic-assisted total joint replacement: a multi-center retrospective study.BMC surgery · 2024Article
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9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The incidental discovery of pre-clinical interstitial lung disease (ILD) has led to the designation of interstitial lung abnormalities (ILA), a radiological entity defined as the incidental finding of computed tomography (CT) abnormalities affecting more than 5% of any lung zone. Two recent documents have redefined the borders of this entity and made the recommendation to monitor patients with ILA at risk of progression. In this narrative review, we will focus on some of the limits of the current approach, underlying the potential for progression to full-blown ILD of some patients with ILA and the numerous links between subpleural fibrotic ILA and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Considering the large prevalence of ILA in the general population (7%), restricting monitoring only to cases considered at risk of progression appears a reasonable approach. However, this suggestion should not prevent pulmonary physicians from pursuing an early diagnosis of ILD and timely treatment where appropriate. In cases of suspected ILD, whether found incidentally or not, the pulmonary physician is still required to make a correct ILD diagnosis according to current guidelines, and eventually treat the patient accordingly.
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