Amthor M
Prax Klin Pneumol. 1979 Apr;33 Suppl 1:647-50.
When in 1965 Liebow first described desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP) and differentiated it from other types of interstitial pneumonia he believed it to be a separate disease entity. The fact that the observed cases were of a relatively benign nature seemed to confirm this view. However, during the past years there have been reports of cases which took a less benign course; it was also observed that disorders with features similar to DIP could be produced by various exogenous noxae. The question, therefore, arises, whether DIP is, in fact, a separate disease entity or a specific pulmonary reaction to a variety of similarly acting noxae.
1965年，利博首次描述了脱屑性间质性肺炎（DIP），并将其与其他类型的间质性肺炎区分开来，他认为这是一种独立的疾病实体。所观察到的病例具有相对良性的性质，这一事实似乎证实了这一观点。然而，在过去几年里，有一些病例报告显示病情发展不那么良性；还观察到，各种外源性有害物质可引发具有类似DIP特征的病症。因此，问题就出现了，DIP实际上是一种独立的疾病实体，还是对多种具有类似作用的有害物质的一种特定肺部反应。
