مقاربة آفات الرئة البار انشيمية المنتشرة في مشفي الاسد الجامعي باللاذقية (اهمية التصوير الطبقي المحوسب عالي التمايز)

patients (16 males, 27 females), aged 29-80 years, were included in the study. Of the (43) patients, 35 (81.39%) were over 40 years of age. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and rheumatoid arthritis were the most common causes of DPLD in our study. HRCT was performed on 43 patients (100%), which showed reticulonodular shadows in 15 patients (34.88%), reticular shadows in 14 patients (32.55%), ground – glass appearance in 10 patients (23.25%) and honeycombing in 3 patients (6.97%). Bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage or endobronchial biopsy was performed in 7 patients (16.27%) to exclude other diagnoses. Lung biopsy was used to make diagnosis in 4 patients (9.30%), which revealed cryptogenic organizing pneumonia in 2 patients, sarcoidosis in one patient and Henoch-Schoenlein purpura in one patient.