Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

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A Case of Non-Specific Interstitial Pneumonia Associated with Primary Lung Adenocarcinoma

폐선암과 병발한 비특이적간질성폐렴 1례

  • Sim, Yun Su (Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Jin Hwa (Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine) ;
  • Ryu, Yon Ju (Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine) ;
  • Chun, En Mi (Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Yoo Kyung (Department of Radiology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine) ;
  • Sung, Sun Hee (Department of Pathology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine) ;
  • Ahn, Jae Ho (Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine) ;
  • Chang, Jung Hyun (Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine)
  • 심윤수 (이화여자대학교 의학전문대학원 내과학교실) ;
  • 이진화 (이화여자대학교 의학전문대학원 내과학교실) ;
  • 류연주 (이화여자대학교 의학전문대학원 내과학교실) ;
  • 천은미 (이화여자대학교 의학전문대학원 내과학교실) ;
  • 김유경 (이화여자대학교 의학전문대학원 방사선과학교실) ;
  • 성순희 (이화여자대학교 의학전문대학원 병리학교실) ;
  • 안재호 (이화여자대학교 의학전문대학원 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 장중현 (이화여자대학교 의학전문대학원 내과학교실)
  • Received : 2007.05.03
  • Accepted : 2007.06.05
  • Published : 2007.07.30
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Abstract

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is strongly associated with lung cancer compared with the general population. However, other types of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP) are rarely associated with lung cancer. We describe a case of a primary lung cancer associated with IIP other than IPF, which was considered to be nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP), and NSIP disappeared spontaneously after treating the primary lung cancer.

원발폐암과 특발성폐섬유화증(idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis)이 병발하는 경우는 비교적 흔하여, 폐암의 발생률이 일반 인구보다 특발성폐섬유화증 환자에서 더 높다고 알려져 있으나, 비특이적간질성폐렴(non-specific interstitial pneumonia)이 원발폐암과 병발한 경우는 매우 드물다. 이에 저자 등은 최근에 우연히 발견된 원발폐암과 병발한 비특이적간질성폐렴 환자에서 원발폐암의 치료 후에 비특이적간질성폐렴이 저절로 호전된 예를 경험하였기에 보고하는 바이다.

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