Yamakawa Hideaki, Takemura Tamiko, Baba Tomohisa, Ogura Takashi
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Yokohama, Japan.
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokyo Jikei University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Respir Med Case Rep. 2018 Sep 13;25:211-212. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.09.009. eCollection 2018.
We report a case of pathological emphysema formation in a never-smoker with scleroderma-related interstitial pneumonia. We realized the importance of pulmonary vasculopathy causing the coexistence of emphysema and fibrosis in scleroderma. Our discovery provides novel information that emphysema can occur in patients with scleroderma-related interstitial pneumonia who have never smoked.
我们报告了一例患有硬皮病相关间质性肺炎的从不吸烟者发生病理性肺气肿的病例。我们认识到肺部血管病变在硬皮病中导致肺气肿和纤维化并存的重要性。我们的发现提供了新的信息,即肺气肿可发生在从未吸烟的硬皮病相关间质性肺炎患者中。