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Pathological Findings and Follow-Up in 13 Patients

Arthur S. Patchefsky, MD; William Fraimow, MD; Willis S. Hoch, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1973;132(2):222-225.

Abstract
Of 13 patients having desquamative interstitial pneumonia, six patients had abnormal serum antibody levels for extrapulmonary symptoms, while eight patients had interstitial fibrosis as a histological feature. Follow-up has shown that three patients died of disease and one shows progressive pulmonary insufficiency. The presence of pulmonary fibrosis in the biopsy specimen correlated with the clinical outcome.

Author Affiliations
Philadelphia

From the departments of surgical pathology (Drs. Patchefsky and Hoch) and medicine (Dr. Fraimow), Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia.

Footnotes
Received for publication Feb 15, 1972; accepted June 8.

Reprint requests to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 11th and Walnut streets, Philadelphia 19107 (Dr. Patchefsky).

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