19.01-20121
interstitial pneumonia and pulmonary fibrosis are 'disease are similar but not equal'
idiopathic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis are aspects similar but are not the same disease. Published in the European Respiratory Journal, the important discovery of Pneumology Hospital in Forlì will help doctors make more accurate diagnoses of these diseases to patients and avoid invasive procedures.nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) is un'interstiziopatia idiopathic pulmonary inflammation that occurs predominantly in women non-smokers, with an average age of about 55 years, which manifested itself over the years including connective tissue diseases or thyroid.
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is always an interstitial lung disease with worse prognosis, however. The article in the group of pulmonologists Forli, directed by prof. Poletti reverence before signing Micaela Romagnoli, reporting the discovery that patients with idiopathic NSIP develop over time, at least in half of cases, autoimmune diseases of the connective. This finding therefore supports the hypothesis that the two diseases are quite distinct.
The work was done in collaboration with several centers, with the Radiology IRST Meldola. For doctors this result is further confirmation of how the clinic is an indispensable tool in the diagnosis and, for patients with these diseases, the discovery has the aim of avoiding more invasive procedures possible.
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