1. A 34-Year-Old Man Presenting With Gradual Onset of Shortness of Breath and Interstitial Lung Disease 
Rubinowitz Ami N. , MD, Moon Marianne , MD, Homer Robert , MD, PhD 
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Volume 133, Issue 4, Pages (April 2008)
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2. Figure 1
Posteroanterior chest radiograph demonstrates mild increased interstitial markings in the lower lobes.
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3. Figure 2
Transverse high-resolution CT image obtained through the mid-chest at the level of the hila shows bilateral, subpleural areas of ground-glass opacity with minimal fine reticular markings.
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4. Figure 3
Transverse high-resolution CT image obtained through the lower one third of the chest at the level of the inferior pulmonary veins shows bilateral patchy areas of ground-glass opacity with subpleural sparing in the lower lobes, and mild traction bronchiectasis (arrows) in the middle lobe.
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5. Figure 4
Transverse CT image obtained through the lower one third of the chest (at a comparable level as in Fig 3) following 6 months of treatment with prednisone and cytoxan shows dramatic improvement of ground-glass opacity with minimal residual ground-glass density and mild architectural distortion remaining.
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6. Figure 5
Medium power view of lung shows a diffuse expansion of the interstitium with a mixture of loose fibrosis, inflammation, and mild interstitial fibrosis (hematoxylin-eosin, original × 20).
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