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Preferred term

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A common interstitial lung disease of unknown etiology, usually occurring between 50-70 years of age. Clinically, it is characterized by an insidious onset of breathlessness with exertion and a nonproductive cough, leading to progressive DYSPNEA. Pathological features show scant interstitial inflammation, patchy collagen fibrosis, prominent fibroblast proliferation foci, and microscopic honeycomb change.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cryptogenic Fibrosing Alveolitis
  • Fibrocystic Pulmonary Dysplasia
  • Fibrosing Alveolitis, Cryptogenic
  • Idiopathic Fibrosing Alveolitis, Chronic Form
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis, Idiopathic

In other languages

  • French

  • Alvéolite fibrosante cryptogénique
  • Fibrose interstitielle diffuse idiopathique
  • FPI (Fibrose Pulmonaire Idiopathique)
  • Pneumonie interstitielle usuelle

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-PRFK0DWR-M

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