Anakwue Raphael Chinedu, Chijioke Chioli Paschal, Iloanusi Nneka Ifeyinwa
Department of Medicine, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria.
BMJ Case Rep. 2011 Jun 29;2011:bcr0420114061. doi: 10.1136/bcr.04.2011.4061.
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a rarely reported disease in Nigeria. Cor pulmonale, one of the complications of this type of diffuse parenchymal lung disease is even rarer. The authors present a Nigerian patient with IPF with a classical high-resolution CT features, managed in our centre together with associated problems.
特发性肺纤维化(IPF)在尼日利亚是一种鲜有报道的疾病。肺心病作为这类弥漫性实质性肺病的并发症之一,更为罕见。本文作者介绍了一名具有典型高分辨率CT特征的尼日利亚IPF患者,该患者在我们中心接受治疗,同时伴有相关问题。