Do typical and atypical HRCT patterns make difference in prognosis of patients with IPF?

• Authors: VAŠÁKOVÁ Martina; STERCLOVA Martina; BARTOS Vladimir; DOUBKOVÁ Martina; PLACKOVA Martina; ZURKOVA Monika; LOSTAKOVA Vladimira; LACINA Ladislav; RIHAK Vladimir; PETRIK Frantisek; LISA Pavlina; BITTENGLOVA Radka; TYL Richard; ONDREJKA Gustav; SULDOVA Hana; LNENICKA Jaroslav; PSIKALOVA Jana; SNIZEK Tomas; HOMOLKA Jiri; KRALOVA Renata; KERVITZER Jan; SVOBODA Michal; STRENKOVÁ Jana; WELLS Athol
• Year of publication: 2016
• Type: Conference abstract
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Description: AIMS: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is characterized by radiologic pattern of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) with honey-combing reflecting end-stage of the disease. Nevertheless significant part of patients with IPF does not present with typical UIP pattern. In our study we investigated whether HRCT pattern can influence course of the disease and prognosis of IPF patients. CONCLUSIONS: Our results show that IPF patients with atypical HRCT pattern have the same prognosis as those with typical UIP pattern. It does mean that these patients should be treated the same way as the cases with typical HRCT UIP pattern.