Giant cell interstitial pneumonia: high-resolution CT and pathologic findings in four adult patients

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2005 Jan;184(1):268-72. doi: 10.2214/ajr.184.1.01840268.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of our study was to describe the high-resolution CT and pathologic findings of giant cell interstitial pneumonia (GIP) in four adult patients.

Conclusion: GIP appears on high-resolution CT as ground-glass and irregular linear opacities in both lungs. These CT findings correspond histopathologically to areas of interstitial thickening caused by fibrosis and inflammatory cell infiltration and to areas of intraalveolar accumulation of macrophages and multinucleated giant cells.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biopsy / methods
  • Giant Cells / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Inhalation Exposure
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Occupational Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Occupational Diseases / pathology
  • Respiratory Function Tests
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed