- Original Article
- A Case of Child Desquamative Interstitial Pneumonia.
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Woo Taek Kim, Hyoung Doo Lee, Yung Tak Lim, Hee Joo Jeon, Hee Joo Park, Chan Yung Kim
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 1989;32(1):92-100. Published online January 31, 1989
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Desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP) is a variant of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias, but
characteristicalIy has massive desquamation and proliferation of alveolar cells into the distal air
space with minimal fibrosis of the alveolar wall. DIP seems to have better response to corticosteroid
and benign prognosis than idiopathic interstitial pneumonia.
We experienced one case of 6-year old girl who showed typical picture of DIF on lung... |
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