Thin-Section CT in the Categorization and Management of Pulmonary Fibrosis including Recently Defined Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis
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Thin-Section CT in the Categorization and Management of Pulmonary Fibrosis including Recently Defined Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis
Abstract
While idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common type of fibrotic lung disease, there are numerous other causes of pulmonary fibrosis that are often characterized by lung injury and inflammation. Although often gradually progressive and responsive to immune modulation, some cases may progress rapidly with reduced survival rates (similar to IPF) and with imaging features that overlap with IPF, including usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP)-pattern disease characterized by peripheral and basilar predominant reticulation, honeycombing, and traction bronchiectasis or bronchiolectasis. Recently, the term progressive pulmonary fibrosis has been used to describe non-IPF lung disease that over the course of a year demonstrates clinical, physiologic, and/or radiologic progression and may be treated with antifibrotic therapy. As such, appropriate categorization of the patient with fibrosis has implications for therapy and prognosis and may be facilitated by considering the following categories: (a) radiologic UIP pattern and IPF diagnosis, (b) radiologic UIP pattern and non-IPF diagnosis, and (c) radiologic non-UIP pattern and non-IPF diagnosis. By noting increasing fibrosis, the radiologist contributes to the selection of patients in which therapy with antifibrotics can improve survival. As the radiologist may be first to identify developing fibrosis and overall progression, this article reviews imaging features of pulmonary fibrosis and their significance in non-IPF-pattern fibrosis, progressive pulmonary fibrosis, and implications for therapy. Keywords: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis, Thin-Section CT, Usual Interstitial Pneumonia © RSNA, 2024.
Keywords: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis; Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis; Thin-Section CT; Usual Interstitial Pneumonia.
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