Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease
Also written as DPLD.
Interstitial lung diseases (ILD), or diffuse parenchymal lung diseases, are a heterogeneous group of more than 200 disorders that cause inflammation and/or fibrosis of the lung interstitium (alveolar walls and the tissue around airways and vessels).
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- Interstitial lung diseases (ILD), or diffuse parenchymal lung diseases, are a heterogeneous group of more than 200 disorders that cause inflammation and/or fibrosis of the lung interstitium (alveolar walls and the tissue around airways and vessels). (Interstitial Lung Diseases)
- exclude mesothelioma.\nAsbestosis: A diffuse parenchymal lung disease that occurs after (Davidson's Essentials of Medicine - 2nd)
- Diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD), Dracunculus medinensis, 117\n304–305 Dressler’s syndrome, 239\nclassification of, 304f Drug eruptions, 724b, 728–729\ninvestigations of, 305 Drug-induced pigmentation, 719b (Davidson's Essentials of Medicine - 2nd)
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