It is well established that some patients with connective tissue disorders will suffer from
pulmonary disease at some stage in their disease progression. This article concentrates on …

Aims and methods: Pulmonary parenchymal disease is common in patients with connective
tissue disorders (CTDs). However, most reports precede recognition of non‐specific …

Background Kinder et al. proposed a broader definition of undifferentiated connective tissue
disease (UCTD) and reported that the entity of nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) is a …

Since Liebow and Carrington's original classification of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias,
there have been controversies over which histological patterns should be included and how …

Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias are defined from the pathological point of view as non
granulomatous intralobular inflammatory and fibrotic processes involving the alveolar walls …

The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) are a heterogeneous group of diffuse
parenchymal diseases of unknown etiology. The pathologic classification of the IIPs has …

In the new millennium, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is not what it was thought to be 20
years ago. In the past, the term was used for a heterogeneous group of interstitial lung …

Background: Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) lymphocytosis was found in patients with
usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) associated with collagen vascular diseases (CVD) other …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), which has the histological pattern of usual interstitial
pneumonia (UIP), is a progressive interstitial lung disease with a poor prognosis. Idiopathic …

BACKGROUND: Although idiopathic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) was initially
identified as a provisional diagnosis, the 2008 American Thoracic Society Project concluded …