IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS: ACTUAL DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT QUESTIONS

  • Diana Barkauskienė
  • Viktorija Stukaitė
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37499/PIA.492
Keywords: idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), ryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis, chronic fibrosing interstitial pneumonia

Abstract

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF ), also known as cryptogenic
fibrosing alveolitis, is a chronic, progressive interstitial lung disease with an unknown cause. It is one of the two classic interstitial lung diseases, the other being sarcoidosis[1]. More specifically, IPF is defined as a distinctive type of chronic fibrosing interstitial pneumonia of unknown cause associated with a histological pattern of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) [2].

Author Biographies

Diana Barkauskienė

Department of Pulmonology and Immunology, Kaunas University of Medicine

Viktorija Stukaitė

Department of Pulmonology and Immunology, Kaunas University of Medicine

How to Cite
1.
Barkauskienė D, Stukaitė V. IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS: ACTUAL DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT QUESTIONS [Internet]. PIA 2008 Sep.;4(2):19-20.[cited 2024 May 18 ] Available from: http://pia.pulmoalerg.lt/index.php/PIA/article/view/492
Issue
Vol 4 No 2 (2008): Pulmonology, Immunology and Allergology
Section
Pulmonology