Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a specific form of chronic fibrosing interstitial lung disease associated with pattern Usual Interstitial Pneumonia (UIP) based on CT appearances or histology.

a case with bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax was presented. etiology, mechanism, and treatment were discussed on the review of literature. spontaneous pneumothorax is a clinical entity resulting from a sudden non traumatic rupture of the lung. biach reported in 1880 that 78% of 916 patients with spontaneous pneumothorax had tuberculosis. kjergaard emphasized 1932 the primary importance of sub...

OBJECTIVE Interstitial lung disease in patients with colorectal cancer during chemotherapy combined with bevacizumab is rare. METHODS We reviewed 104 colorectal cancer patients treated with standard chemotherapy with bevacizumab and examined the incidence of interstitial lung disease and its clinical features. RESULTS We identified interstitial lung disease in four patients (3.85%). All pat...

OBJECTIVE To determine the clinical features and patterns of interstitial lung disease. METHODS This retrospective study was conducted at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, and comprised record of patients diagnosed with interstitial lung disease from January 2005 to December 2015. All patients aged 16 years and above diagnosed with interstitial lung disease on the basis of clinical f...