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Honeycomb Lung (Interstitial Fibrosis)
LCDR James C. Reed, MC;
COL Maurice M. Reeder, MC
JAMA. 1975;231(6):646-647.
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Common
- [Cystic bronchiectasis]
- Histiocytosis X (especially eosinophilic granuloma)
- Idiopathic interstitial fibrosis (Hamman-Rich
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- Pneumoconiosis
- Sarcoidosis
Uncommon
- Amyloidosis
- Chemical inhalation (late stage)
- Desquamative interstitial pneumonitis (DIP)
- Drug sensitivity, chronic or recurrent (eg, nitrofurantoin, hexamethonium, busulfan)
- Gaucher disease
- Lipoid pneumonia (eg, mineral oil aspiration)
- [Lymphangiomyomatosis]
- Oxygen toxicity
- [Mucoviscidosis]
- Neurofibromatosis
- Rheumatoid lung
- Scleroderma; dermatomyositis
- Sensitivity pneumonitis, recurrent (eg, farmer's lung, bagassosis)
- Tuberous sclerosis (Entities in brackets can be confused roentgenographically with true honeycomb lung.
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Diagnosis
Eosinophilic granuloma.
COMMENTS
In analyzing this Gamut, a number of the possibilities offered, such as chemical inhalation, rheumatoid lung, and scleroderma are excluded by the lack of specific clinical information. Of the common causes, cystic bronchiectasis tends to show fluid in the cysts and to expand on inspiration; pneumoconiotics have a history of dust exposure. Therefore, idiopathic interstitial fibrosis (the
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Author Affiliations
USN; USA
From the Department of Diagnostic Radiologic Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (LCDR Reed), and the Department of Radiology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center (COL Reeder), Washington, DC 20012.
Footnotes
Reprint requests to Department of Radiology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20012 (COL Reeder).
Edited by Z. Danilevicius, MD, Senior Editor.
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