Diffuse Neuroendocrine Hyperplasia with Obliterative Bronchiolitis and Usual Interstitial Pneumonia: An Unusual “Headcheese Pattern” with Nodules

A 74-year-old non-smoker female presented to our attention with a history of dyspnea and cough. CT scan revealed multiple areas of patchy ground glass attenuation associated to a diffuse mosaic oligoemia. Scattered bilateral subcentimetric pulmonary nodules were also present. Patient underwent a sur...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Lung 2015-12, Vol.193 (6), p.1051-1054
Hauptverfasser:	Pietrangeli, V., Piciucchi, S., Tomassetti, S., Ravaglia, C., Gurioli, C., Gurioli, Ch, Cavazza, A., Dubini, A., Poletti, V.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Bronchiolitis Obliterans - complications Bronchiolitis Obliterans - diagnosis Cough - etiology Dyspnea - etiology Epidemiology Female Headaches Humans Hyperplasia - diagnosis Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis - complications Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis - diagnosis Lung - diagnostic imaging Lung - pathology Lung diseases Medicine Medicine & Public Health Multiple Pulmonary Nodules - complications Multiple Pulmonary Nodules - diagnosis Neuroendocrine Cells - pathology Pneumology/Respiratory System Pneumonia Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	A 74-year-old non-smoker female presented to our attention with a history of dyspnea and cough. CT scan revealed multiple areas of patchy ground glass attenuation associated to a diffuse mosaic oligoemia. Scattered bilateral subcentimetric pulmonary nodules were also present. Patient underwent a surgical lung biopsy. Specimens showed features of diffuse neuroendocrine hyperplasia, microhoneycombing, fibroblast foci. A final diagnosis of diffuse neuroendocrine hyperplasia with obliterative bronchiolitis and UIP was rendered.
ISSN:	0341-2040 1432-1750
DOI:	10.1007/s00408-015-9817-4