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Respiratory bronchiolitis-interstitial lung disease syndrome

MedGen UID:
1672485
Concept ID:
C1735355
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: RB-ILD; respiratory bronchiolitis-interstitial lung disease syndrome
Modes of inheritance:
Not genetically inherited
MedGen UID:
988794
Concept ID:
CN307044
Finding
Source: Orphanet
clinical entity without genetic inheritance.
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0019204
Orphanet: ORPHA79127

Definition

Respiratory bronchiolitis - interstitial lung disease is a mild inflammatory pulmonary disorder developed by cigarette smokers and characterized by shortness of breath and cough, pulmonary function abnormalities of mixed restrictive and obstructive lung disease and high resolution CT scanning showing centrilobular micronodules, ground glass opacities and peribronchiolar thickening. [from ORDO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVRespiratory bronchiolitis-interstitial lung disease syndrome

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Morgenthau AS, Padilla ML
Mt Sinai J Med 2009 Feb;76(1):2-23. doi: 10.1002/msj.20087. PMID: 19170214
Snead DR, Perunovic B, Cullen N, Needham M, Dhillon DP, Satoh H, Kamma H
J Pathol 2003 May;200(1):88-94. doi: 10.1002/path.1292. PMID: 12692846

Diagnosis

Margaritopoulos GA, Harari S, Caminati A, Antoniou KM
Respirology 2016 Jan;21(1):57-64. Epub 2015 Jul 2 doi: 10.1111/resp.12576. PMID: 26138798
Morgenthau AS, Padilla ML
Mt Sinai J Med 2009 Feb;76(1):2-23. doi: 10.1002/msj.20087. PMID: 19170214
Snead DR, Perunovic B, Cullen N, Needham M, Dhillon DP, Satoh H, Kamma H
J Pathol 2003 May;200(1):88-94. doi: 10.1002/path.1292. PMID: 12692846

Therapy

Margaritopoulos GA, Harari S, Caminati A, Antoniou KM
Respirology 2016 Jan;21(1):57-64. Epub 2015 Jul 2 doi: 10.1111/resp.12576. PMID: 26138798
Morgenthau AS, Padilla ML
Mt Sinai J Med 2009 Feb;76(1):2-23. doi: 10.1002/msj.20087. PMID: 19170214

Prognosis

Morgenthau AS, Padilla ML
Mt Sinai J Med 2009 Feb;76(1):2-23. doi: 10.1002/msj.20087. PMID: 19170214

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