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'''Non-specific interstitial pneumonia''', abbreviated '''NSIP''', is an uncommon type of [[diffuse lung disease]]. | '''Non-specific interstitial pneumonia''', abbreviated '''NSIP''', is an uncommon type of [[diffuse lung disease]]. | ||
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*If no underlying cause is present it is known as ''idiopathic NSIP''.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Romagnoli M, Poletti V |title=[Update on non-specific interstitial pneumonia: a pattern, a clinical entity or different phenotypes? Surgical or bronchoscopic diagnosis?] |language=Italian |journal=Recenti Prog Med |volume=100 |issue=12 |pages=531–4 |year=2009 |month=December |pmid=20178304 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | *If no underlying cause is present it is known as ''idiopathic NSIP''. | ||
Clinical features, typical - idiopathic form:<ref name=pmid20178304>{{cite journal |author=Romagnoli M, Poletti V |title=[Update on non-specific interstitial pneumonia: a pattern, a clinical entity or different phenotypes? Surgical or bronchoscopic diagnosis?] |language=Italian |journal=Recenti Prog Med |volume=100 |issue=12 |pages=531–4 |year=2009 |month=December |pmid=20178304 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
*Middle-aged, never-smoker women. | |||
*Dyspnea. | |||
*Cough. | |||
*Ground glass on HRCT. | |||
*Very good prognosis. | |||
==Gross/Radiology== | ==Gross/Radiology== | ||