Chloroquine treatment in desquamative interstitial pneumonia.

Desquamative interstitial pneumonia: relationship to interstitial fibrosis.

Patchefsky, A. S., Israel, H. L., Hoch, W. S., and Gordon, Gloria (1973). Thorax, 28, 680-693. Desquamative interstitial pneumonia: relationship to interstitial fibrosis. The clinical course and radiographic and pathological findings in 14 patients having the histological pattern of desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP) have been studied. Four deaths occurred from cardiorespiratory failure ...

Electron microscopy of desquamative interstitial pneumonia.

Desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP) in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis: is DIP associated with autoimmune disorders?

Desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP) is a rare pattern of diffuse parenchymal lung disease known as one of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias and is considered to be a smoking- or dust inhalation-related interstitial pneumonia in the majority of cases. This report presents the first case of DIP in which the pulmonary manifestation preceded the onset of rheumatoid arthritis. This case a...

Desquamative interstitial pneumonia associated with chrysotile asbestos fibres.

The drywall construction trade has in the past been associated with exposure to airborne asbestos fibres. This paper reports a drywall construction worker with 32 years of dust exposure who developed dyspnoea and diminished diffusing capacity, and showed diffuse irregular opacities on chest radiography. He did not respond to treatment with corticosteroids. Open lung biopsy examination showed de...

Respiratory bronchiolitis associated with interstitial lung disease and desquamative interstitial pneumonia.

This article explores issues of the diagnosis and management of respiratory bronchiolitis, respiratory bronchiolitis-associated interstitial lung disease, and desquamative interstitial pneumonia. These three diseases have common and overlapping features and sometimes are viewed as a continuum of smoking-induced disease, rather than as distinct and separate entities.