The 2013 American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society consensus classification update of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIP) included several important modifications to the organization and spectrum of ...

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by dyspnea and bilateral infiltrations of the lung. While some cases are idiopathic (e.g., idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis), others are ...

INTRODUCTION: The functional evaluation has become increasingly important in the understanding and management of patients with interstitial lung diseases. The cardiopulmonary exercise test and the six-minute walk test ...

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is rare and encompasses a heterogeneous group of diseases, and is even rarer in children than in adults. ILDs compromise more than 100 different entities, including pulmonary alveolar ...

Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (IPPFE) is a very rare, recently described condition, characterised by fibrotic thickening of the pleural and subpleural parenchyma, predominantly in the upper lobes.1 Clinical ...

Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (IPPFE) is a very rare, recently described condition, characterised by fibrotic thickening of the pleural and subpleural parenchyma, predominantly in the upper lobes.1 Clinical ...

A new concept of multisystem disease has emerged as a long-term condition following mild-severe COVID-19 infection. The main symptoms of this affection are breathlessness, chest pain, and fatigue. We present here the ...

Background: Few studies have addressed small airway (SA) histopathological changes and their possible role in the remodeling process in idiopathic interstitial pneumonias. Objectives: To study morphological, morphometrical ...

Objective: To describe the clinical and serological patients characteristics with Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA) and Interstitial lung disease (ILD). Methods: Of all the patients with AAV diagnosed between 2007-2017 at the ...