[Interstitial pneumonias--Histopathological and radiological correlation]

Ther Umsch. 2016;73(1):11-7. doi: 10.1024/0040-5930/a000749.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Interstitial pneumonias comprise a group of lung diseases with overlapping clinical, radiological and pathological presentations. Because of the frequently non-discriminating clinical manifestation, correlation between radiology and pathology plays an important role. Multidisciplinary discussion is of utmost importance for establishing a valid diagnosis, and is considered a gold standard in the current 2002/2013 classification of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias. In the present work, we concisely review and illustrate the typical radiological and pathological pictures diagnostic for the most common (idiopathic) interstitial pneumonias.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial / pathology*
  • Radiography, Thoracic / methods*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Statistics as Topic
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*