Spontaneous Remission of Desquamative Interstitial Pneumonia

Kiyoshi MATSUO; Shinya TADA; Mikio KATAOKA; Masayuki OKAHARA; Jyunichi HIRAMATSU; Masahide HORIBA; Yoshiaki FUJIMORI; Hideki TAKEHARA; Masaya OKAMOTO; Ichiro YAMADORI; Mine HARADA

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.36.728

Kiyoshi MATSUO, Shinya TADA, Mikio KATAOKA, Masayuki OKAHARA, Jyunichi HIRAMATSU, Masahide HORIBA, Yoshiaki FUJIMORI, Hideki TAKEHARA, Masaya OKAMOTO, Ichiro YAMADORI, Mine HARADA

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Kiyoshi MATSUO
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School
Shinya TADA
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School
Mikio KATAOKA
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School
Masayuki OKAHARA
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School
Jyunichi HIRAMATSU
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School
Masahide HORIBA
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School
Yoshiaki FUJIMORI
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School
Hideki TAKEHARA
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School
Masaya OKAMOTO
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School
Ichiro YAMADORI
The Pathology, Okayama Rousai Hospital
Mine HARADA
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School

Keywords: bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), open lung biopsy (OLE), respiratory bronchiolitisassociated interstitial lung disease (RB/ILD)

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1997 Volume 36 Issue 10 Pages 728-731

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.36.728

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Abstract

We report a case of spontaneous remission of desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP) in a 50-year-old male. The histological diagnosis of DIP was based on open lung biopsy. A chest X-ray revealed reticulo-nodular shadows in the bilateral lung fields, and the patient had mild dyspnea on exertion. Without treatment, these shadows decreased gradually and disappeared after several months. The patient recovered completely within one year, and recurrence of the disease has not been observed for 4 years. Recently, DIP has rarely been described, and the spontaneous remission of DIP has not been reported since Carrington et al in 1978 (1).
(Internal Medicine 36: 728-731, 1997)

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