Granulomatous-lymphocytic interstitial lung disease at the emergency department: Think about it

Sir, Acute dyspnea is one of the most common causes of admission to the emergency department (ED), and sometimes, it can be ascribed to rare parenchymal cause, like in this clinical case of granulomatous-lymphocytic interstitial lung disease (GLILD). In the near future, relatively new techniques suc...

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Published in:Lung India 2018-07, Vol.35 (4), p.360-362
Main Authors: Guerrini, Susanna, Squitieri, Nevada, Marignetti, Quirino, Puliti, Alessio, Pieraccini, Massimo, Grechi, Morando, Mazzei, Maria
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Biopsy
Case Letters
Dyspnea
Embolisms
Hospitals
Infections
Laboratories
Lung diseases
Medical imaging
Medicine
Patients
Pneumonia
Sarcoidosis
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Summary:Sir, Acute dyspnea is one of the most common causes of admission to the emergency department (ED), and sometimes, it can be ascribed to rare parenchymal cause, like in this clinical case of granulomatous-lymphocytic interstitial lung disease (GLILD). In the near future, relatively new techniques such as fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-CT scan could be used to assess and monitor GLILD because of their capability to mesh functional and anatomical findings with a multi-systemic metabolically high activity approach. FDG PET-CT imaging of therapeutic response in granulomatous lymphocytic interstitial lung disease (GLILD) in common variable immunodeficiency (CVID).
ISSN:0970-2113
0974-598X
DOI:10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_461_17