Feb 5, 2025 · Non-specific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) is the second most common morphological and pathological pattern of interstitial lung diseases after UIP. NSIP is commonly associated with connective tissue disease (CTD), and a multidisciplinary team best decides the underlying diagnosis and management ref .

Jan 18, 2021 · Cellular non-specific interstitial pneumonia is one of the two histological subtypes of non-specific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP). It is less common compared with fibrotic NSIP but carries a much better prognosis.

Mar 18, 2025 · NSIP is the most frequent pattern of CTD-ILD and the presence of NSIP pattern should prompt a search for esophageal dilatation, pleural and pericardial thickening or effusions, vasculitis, myocarditis and soft-tissue calcification as well as appropriate investigation and multidisciplinary evaluation.

Mar 10, 2025 · On HRCT, scleroderma may appear in either a non-specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP) (more common 5) or usual interstitial pneumonitis (UIP) pattern.

Feb 11, 2025 · Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is an umbrella term that encompasses a large number of disorders that are characterized by diffuse cellular infiltrates in a periacinar location. The spectrum of conditions included is broad, ranging from occasional self-limited inflammatory processes to severe debilitating fibrosis of the lungs.

Oct 14, 2024 · Usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) is not a disease, it is a histopathologic and radiologic pattern of interstitial lung disease. This can be caused by idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis , fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis or non-specific interstitial pneumonia .

May 4, 2023 · Fibrotic non-specific interstitial pneumonitis is a histological subtype of non-specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP). It is considered the more common form 1 . This pattern manifests as chronic interstitial inflammation obscured by interstitial fibrosis (with dense collagen), a temporal homogeneous pattern, and occasional focal honeycomb ...

Jun 16, 2024 · Desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP) is an interstitial pneumonia closely related to and thought to represent the end stage of respiratory bronchiolitis interstitial lung disease (RB-ILD). It is associated with heavy smoking.

Mar 3, 2023 · Acute exacerbation of interstitial lung disease (AE-ILD), which sometimes also encompasses acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (AE-IPF), is an acute, clinically significant deterioration which develops within less than 1 month without an obvious clinical precipitant such as fluid overload, infection, left heart failure, or ...

Jun 5, 2024 · Anti-synthetase syndrome is an idiopathic inflammatory myopathy that is characterized by inflammatory myositis, polyarthritis, interstitial lung disease, and anti-synthetase autoantibodies. It is considered a distinct entity to dermatomyositis.