Publications by authors named "A Marruchella"
Background And Objective: Sarcoidosis can manifest with atypical findings on chest computed tomography (CT). Cysts are a rare manifestation of lung sarcoidosis. The aim of the study was to describe a series of patients with cystic sarcoidosis and their clinical-radiological characteristics and progression.
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- Sarcoidosis and hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) are two separate lung diseases that both involve granulomatous inflammation but have distinct clinical and radiological features.
- The case study presents two patients who were simultaneously diagnosed with both conditions: one man with occupational exposure and high serum ACE levels suggesting sarcoidosis, and one woman with mold exposure and enlarged lymph nodes.
- The findings highlight the potential for overlapping characteristics between the two diseases, indicating that they may sometimes occur together due to a shared underlying biological factor.
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), the most lethal form of interstitial pneumonia of unknown cause, is associated with a specific radiological and histopathological pattern (the so-called "usual interstitial pneumonia" pattern) and has a median survival estimated to be between 3 and 5 years after diagnosis. However, evidence shows that IPF has different clinical phenotypes, which are characterized by a variable disease course over time. At present, the natural history of IPF is unpredictable for individual patients, although some genetic factors and circulating biomarkers have been associated with different prognoses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPreserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry and Interstitial Lung Abnormalities in Smokers.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
May 2019