Successful Rescue of Acute Exacerbation of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis after Surgery for Lung Cancer: Case Report

Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer

Peng JIAO¹  Yaoguang SUN¹  Chao MA¹  Chuan HUANG¹  Hongfeng TONG¹  Qingjun WU¹ 

[1] Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, 
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China;

关键词: lung neoplasms;    idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis;    acute exacerbation;    pneumonectomy;   

DOI  :  10.3779/j.issn.1009-3419.2022.102.13

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Idiopathic Pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive, fibrotic interstitial lung disease with unknown cause, which is closely related to lung cancer. A serious complication called Acute exacerbation of IPF (AE-IPF) is prone to occur after lung resection. It progresses rapidly without effective treatment and has a poor prognosis. A typical case of AE-IPF after lung cancer surgery was reported, and its clinical characteristics, imaging features, diagnosis and treatment were summarized.

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