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(Chest. 2005;128:540S-546S.)
© 2005 American College of Chest Physicians

Case Study Review*

Paul W. Noble, MD; Lynn Tanoue, MD and Robert Homer, MD, PhD

* From the Pulmonary and Critical Care Section (Drs. Noble and Tanoue), Department of Pathology (Dr. Homer), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

Correspondence to: Paul W. Noble, MD, Pulmonary and Critical Care Section, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St, PO Box 208057, New Haven, CT 06520-8057; e-mail: Paul.noble{at}yale.edu

Examining case studies from patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) is important in order to evaluate current diagnosis and treatment options. Two cases will be discussed; the first case examines a patient with usual interstitial pneumonia, and the second case examines a patient with subacute ILD and elements to suggest a forme fruste presentation of an unclassifiable connective tissue disease. Each case highlights components of the differential diagnosis, as well as reviews the treatments and prognoses of these patients. The cases provide clinical pearls that are designed to enhance the reader’s understanding of ILDs.

Key Words: case study reviews • idiopathic interstitial pneumonia • interstitial lung disease • idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis






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