[Conventional roentgen examination of the lung in fibrosing alveolitis--correlation with histological, clinical and biochemical findings].

Question: Is it possible to draw conclusions on aetiology, histology or clinical course, looking at the different radiomorphologic appearance and its changes in chest x-rays of patients with "fibrosing alveolitis"?

Material And Method: Retrospective correlation of chest x-rays with all relevant clinical and histological data of 33 patients.

Results: In all patients typical clinical signs with changes of lung function and typical histological changes were found. There was no strict correlation between single parameters and radiological findings.