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Fibroblastic Foci in Usual Interstitial Pneumonia: Idiopathic versus Collagen Vascular Disease by Kevin R. Flaherty; Thomas V. Colby; William D. Travis; Galen B. Toews; Jeanette Mumford; Susan Murray; Victor J. Thannickal; Ella A. Kazerooni; Barry H. Gross; Joseph P. Lynch; Fernando J. Martinez is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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A histologic feature of usual interstitial pneumonia is the presence gators have noted a prognostic value of quantifying fibroof fibroblastic foci. As some patients with usual interstitial pneumoblastic foci (FF) in patients with idiopathic interstitial pneunia and an underlying collagen vascular disease have a better progmonia (19, 20). Furthermore, several groups have suggested nosis, we hypothesized that they would have fewer fibroblastic foci. differences in the alveolar microenvironment and fibroblast Pathologists reviewed surgical lung biopsies from 108 patients with phenotype between patients with idiopathic and collagenusual interstitial pneumonia (nine with collagen vascular disease) vascular associated pulmonary fibrosis (21-24). We hypotheand assigned a score (absent 0, mild 1, moderate 2, and marked sized that patients with CVD-associated UIP would have an 3) for fibroblastic foci. Patients with idiopathic usual interstitial improved survival compared with patients with idiopathic pneumonia had a higher median profusion of fibroblastic foci (1.75 UIP and that this improved survival would correlate with vs. 1.0, p ϭ 0.003). Baseline characteristics were similar, although
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- Author
- Kevin R. Flaherty; Thomas V. Colby; William D. Travis; Galen B. Toews; Jeanette Mumford; Susan Murray; Victor J. Thannickal; Ella A. Kazerooni; Barry H. Gross; Joseph P. Lynch; Fernando J. Martinez
- Publisher
- American Thoracic Society
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)