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'''Desquamative interstitial pneumonia''', abbreviated '''DIP''', is a [[diffuse lung diseases|diffuse lung disease]] that is strongly associated with [[smoking]]. | '''Desquamative interstitial pneumonia''', abbreviated '''DIP''', is a [[diffuse lung diseases|diffuse lung disease]] that is strongly associated with [[smoking]]. | ||
The term ''desquamative interstitial pneumonia'' is a [[misnomer]] | The term ''desquamative interstitial pneumonia'' is a [[misnomer]]. The airspace cells that characterize the condition were once thought to represent desquamated epithelial cells, but they are now know to represent macrophages.<ref name=pmid18794314>{{Cite journal | last1 = Attili | first1 = AK. | last2 = Kazerooni | first2 = EA. | last3 = Gross | first3 = BH. | last4 = Flaherty | first4 = KR. | last5 = Myers | first5 = JL. | last6 = Martinez | first6 = FJ. | title = Smoking-related interstitial lung disease: radiologic-clinical-pathologic correlation. | journal = Radiographics | volume = 28 | issue = 5 | pages = 1383-96; discussion 1396-8 | month = | year = | doi = 10.1148/rg.285075223 | PMID = 18794314 | url=http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/rg.285075223}}</ref> | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||