All issues > Volume 34(1); 1991

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1991;34(1):107-114. Published online January 31, 1991.

A case of interstitial pulmonary fibrosis.

Hak Won Kim¹, Ho Joon Im¹, In Joon Seol¹, Ha Baik Lee¹, Hahng Lee¹, Seok Chol Jeon², Moon Hyang Park³

¹Department of Pediatrics, Hanyang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hanyang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
³Department of Pathology, Hanyang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Received: August 17, 1990;  Accepted: November 2, 1990.

Abstract

Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis is a rare, diffuse lug disease which has a tendency to destroy the lung architectures by consequent healing with progressively severe fibrosis. We report with a brief review of literature, one case of a 7-year old female with the typical pictures of interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, histologically on open lung biopsy, and clinically presenting with chronic respiratory difficulty but without definite symptoms relared to collagen diseases in spite of positive antinuclear antibody and positive rheumatoid factor

Keywords :Interstital Pulmonary Fibrosis