Data di Pubblicazione:
2021
Citazione:
High-resolution CT in smoking-related interstitial lung diseases / E. Carlicchi, A. Caminati, P. Fughelli, G. Pelosi, S. Harari, M. Zompatori. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE. - ISSN 1027-3719. - 25:2(2021), pp. 106-112. [10.5588/ijtld.20.0622]
Abstract:
In addition to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and bronchogenic carcinoma, smoking can also cause interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) such as respiratory bronchiolitis (RB), RB with ILD (RB-ILD), desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP), Langerhans cell granulomatosis (LCG) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis-usual interstitial pneumonia (IPF-UIP).However, smoking seems to have a protective effect against hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), sarcoidosis and organising pneumonia (OP). High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) has a pivotal role in the differential diagnosis. RB is extremely frequent in smokers, and is considered a marker for smoking exposure. It has no clinical relevance in itself since most patients with RB are asymptomatic. It is frequent to observe the association of RB with other smoking-related diseases, such as LCG or pulmonary neoplasms. In RBILD, HRCT features are more conspicuous and diffuse than in RB, but there is no definite cut-off between the two entities and any distinction can only bemade by integrating imaging and clinical data. RB, RB-ILD and DIP may represent different degrees of the same pathological process, consisting in a bronchiolar and alveolar inflammatory reaction to smoking. Smoking is also a well-known risk factor for pulmonary fibrosis. Multidisciplinary discussion and follow-up can generally solve even the most difficult cases.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
computed tomography; HRCT; ILD; rare lung diseases; smoking; Humans; Lung; Smoking; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic; Bronchiolitis; Lung Diseases, Interstitial
Elenco autori:
E. Carlicchi, A. Caminati, P. Fughelli, G. Pelosi, S. Harari, M. Zompatori
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