Journal of Lung Diseases & Treatment

Gurunayake B

Publications

• Case Report
  Idiopathic Lymphoid Interstitial Pneumonia: A Case Report
  Author(s): Herath HMLY, Punyajeewa UAG, Gurunayake B, Upul BKMA, Abeykoon AJMP and Siribaddana ADHerath HMLY, Punyajeewa UAG, Gurunayake B, Upul BKMA, Abeykoon AJMP and Siribaddana AD
  
  Idiopathic Lymphoid Interstitial Pneumonia (LIP) is considered to be a rare interstitial lung disease. The initial American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society (ATS/ERS) International multidisciplinary consensus paper on Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia of 2002, LIP was classified as one of the seven major idiopathic interstitial lung diseases. Since the first description of LIP in 1969, so far only 14 biopsy proven cases of idiopathic LIP have been described in the literature. The clinical course is reported to be highly variable in this rare form of interstitial pneumonia. .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2472-1018.1000118

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