Focal interstitial pulmonary fibrosis

Last revised by David Luong on 8 Mar 2022

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Citation:

Weerakkody Y, Luong D, Kang O, Focal interstitial pulmonary fibrosis. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 18 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-40780

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-40780

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/40780

rID:

40780

Article created:

3 Nov 2015, Yuranga Weerakkody ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Yuranga Weerakkody had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

8 Mar 2022, David Luong ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised David Luong had no recorded disclosures.

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Revisions:

3 times, by 3 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Chest

Synonyms:

Focal interstitial fibrosis
Focal interstitial lung fibrosis
Focal pulmonary fibrosis
Focal lung fibrosis

Focal interstitial pulmonary fibrosis refers to a manifestation of pulmonary fibrosis where changes are confined and localized to a small region of the lung, they can arise from a range of etiologies with one rather common example being osteophyte induced adjacent pulmonary atelectasis and fibrosis.