Desquamative Interstitial Pneumonia
Authors: ROBERT A. KLOCKE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1967)

Article1 March 1967Desquamative Interstitial PneumoniaA Disease with a Wide Clinical SpectrumROBERT A. KLOCKE, WILLIAM S. AUGERSON, HOWARD H. BERMAN, FRANCISCO L. BURGOS, RAPHAEL A. RIVERAROBERT A. KLOCKESearch for more papers by this author, WILLIAM S. AUGERSONSearch for more papers by this author, HOWARD H. BERMANSearch for more papers by this author, FRANCISCO L. BURGOSSearch for more papers by this author, RAPHAEL A. RIVERASearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-66-3-498 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSince the original description of desquamative interstitial pneumonia by Liebow, Steer, and Billingsley (1), other investigators have added carefully studied series to the literature (2, 3). The original 18 cases were all dyspneic, and the majority had persistent cough and varying degrees of cyanosis, clubbing, and chest pain. Steinberg (2) added 3 cases, all unequivocably disabled. Two responded to surgical removal of localized involved lung tissue, and the third died after prolonged corticosteroid therapy. The analysis of 12 cases by Gaensler, Goff, and Prowse (3) included selected instances of a more benign course documented with long-term follow-up, departing from the...References1. LIEBOWSTEERBILLINGSLEY AAAJG: Desquamative interstitial pneumonia. Amer. J. Med. 39: 369, 1965. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. STEINBERG B: Differentiation of exfoliative broncho-alveolar disease from desquamative interstitial pneumonia. Amer. Rev. Resp. Dis. 93: 568, 1966. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. GAENSLERGOFFPROWSE EAAMCM: Desquamative interstitial pneumonia. New Eng. J. Med. 274: 113, 1966. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. RAHNFARHI HLE: Ventilation-perfusion relationship, in Pulmonary Structure and Function, edited by DE REUCK, A. V. S., O'CONNOR, M. Little, Brown and Co., Boston, 1962, p. 139. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. BERGGREN SM: Oxygen deficit of arterial blood caused by nonventilating parts of lung. Acta Physiol. Scand. 4 (suppl. 11): 1, 1942. Google Scholar6. DONEVANPALMERVARVISBATES REWHCJDV: Influence of age on pulmonary diffusing capacity. J. Appl. Physiol. 14: 483, 1959. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Washington, D. C.From the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D. C.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Robert A. Klocke, M.D., Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 19104. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByDesquamative interstitial pneumonia: a systematic review of its features and outcomesHeterogeneity in Combined Pulmonary Fibrosis and EmphysemaImmunologische ErkrankungenDiffuse Interstitial Pulmonary FibrosisFibrosing alveolitis and desquamative interstitial pneumonitisDesquamative interstitial pneumonia: relationship to interstitial fibrosisKrankheiten der Atemwege und des MediastinumsKrankheiten der Atemwege und des MediastinumsDesquamative Interstitial Pneumonia Significance of Intranuclear Viral-Like Inclusion BodiesARTHUR S. PATCHEFSKY, M.D., MARC BANNER, B.S., IRWIN M. FREUNDLICH, M.D.Intranuclear Inclusion Bodies in Desquamative Interstitial Pneumonia Electron Microscopic ObservationsWILLIAM F. MCNARY JR., Ph.D., EDWARD A. GAENSLER, M.D.Desquamative Interstitial PneumoniaDesquamative Interstitial PneumoniaDesquamative Interstitial Pneumonia in a Four-Year-Old Child 1 March 1967Volume 66, Issue 3Page: 498-506KeywordsCorticosteroid therapyDyspneaInterstitial lung diseasesIschemiaLungsPneumonia Issue Published: 1 March 1967 PDF DownloadLoading ...