@entity3762 (PPFE) is a rare, recently classified entity that consists of pleural and subjacent @entity82 . In an official American @entity1514 Society/European Respiratory Society statement in 2013, this disease is introduced as a group of rare @entity16058 . We describe a case of a 76-year-old @entity1 with cough and recurrent pneumothorax. She was admitted to our hospital with severe cough at first. @entity2101 ( @entity2101 ) disclosed multifocal subpleural consolidations with reticular opacities in both lungs, primarily in the upper lobes, suggesting @entity401 . @entity358 was diagnosed initially through an elevated rheumatoid factor, @entity2101 and surgical biopsy at the right lower lobe. However, one month later, pneumothorax recurred. Surgical biopsy was performed at the right upper lobe at this time. The specimens revealed @entity11459 . We report this as a first case of idiopathic PPFE in Korea after reviewing the symptoms, imaging and pathologic findings.

XXXX presenting in recurrent pneumothorax: a case report.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['woman'] @entity82 :: ('MESH:D005355', 'Disease') :: ['parenchymal fibrosis predominantly in the upper lungs'] @entity16058 :: ('MESH:D054988', 'Disease') :: ['idiopathic interstitial pneumonias'] @entity11459 :: ('MESH:D004695', 'Disease') :: ['typical subpleural fibroelastosis'] @entity1514 :: ('MESH:D013896', 'Disease') :: ['Thoracic'] @entity358 :: ('MESH:D008171', 'Disease') :: ['Rheumatoid lung'] @entity2101 :: ('MESH:C538394', 'Disease') :: ['HRCT', 'High resolution computed tomography'] @entity401 :: ('MESH:D017563', 'Disease') :: ['interstitial pneumonia'] @entity3762 :: ('MESH:C562694', 'Disease') :: ['Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis']
@entity3762 :: (MESH:C562694,Disease) :: ['Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis']
