Rationale: The 2002 American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society classification
of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias identified nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) as a …

OBJECTIVES: Chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis (CNPA) is uncommon, and the
optimal therapeutic regimen has not been established. In a retrospective cohort study, we …

The presence of pulmonary vasculitis can be suggested by a clinical presentation that includes
diffuse pulmonary hemorrhage, acute glomerulonephritis, chronic refractory sinusitis or …

… men and 30 women with a mean age of 58.8 years ± 10.9 (standard deviation). The proportion
of men … There was a larger proportion of men in IPF (17 of 23, 74%) and chronic HP (13 of …

Background Although focal ground-glass opacity (GGO) lung nodules are generally reported
to grow slowly, their natural course is unclear. The purpose of this study was to elucidate …

… Serial HRCT scans were available for only 22 patients (seven men and 15 women; mean
age, 52 years; median follow-up period, 8 months; range, 5–135 months). … Man Pyo Chung …

Introduction Correct mediastinal staging is critical for determination of the most appropriate
management strategy in patients with non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The purpose of …

Study objectives To define the clinical characteristics of the patients showing bronchoscopic
findings of bronchial narrowing or obliteration with black pigmentation on overlying mucosa (…

The clinical characteristics and optimal duration of corticosteroid treatment for acute
eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP) have not been fully evaluated. This was a retrospective study of …

Background. Multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) is more difficult to treat than is drug-susceptible
TB. To elucidate the optimal therapy for MDR TB, we assessed the treatment …