Diagnosis and treatment of cystic lung disease
- Authors
- Park, Sanghoon; Lee, Eun Joo
- Issue Date
- 3월-2017
- Publisher
- KOREAN ASSOC INTERNAL MEDICINE
- Keywords
- Cystic lung disease; Lymphangioleiomyomatosis; Histiocytosis; Lang-erhans-cell; Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome
- Citation
- KOREAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, v.32, no.2, pp.229 - 238
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- KOREAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
- Volume
- 32
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 229
- End Page
- 238
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/84237
- DOI
- 10.3904/kjim.2016.242
- ISSN
- 1226-3303
- Abstract
- Cystic lung disease (CLD) is a group of lung disorders characterized by the presence of multiple cysts, defined as air-filled lucencies or low-attenuating areas, bordered by a thin wall (usually < 2 mm). The recognition of CLDs has increased with the widespread use of computed tomography. This article addresses the mechanisms of cyst formation and the diagnostic approaches to CLDs. A number of assessment methods that can be used to confirm CLDs are discussed, including high-resolution computed tomography, pathologic approaches, and genetic/serologic markers, together with treatment modalities, including new therapeutic drugs currently being evaluated. The CLDs covered by this review are lymphan-gioleiomyomatosis, pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis, Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome, lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia/follicular bronchiolitis, and amyloidosis.
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