CT Scan Findings of Probable Usual Interstitial Pneumonitis Have a High Predictive Value for Histologic Usual Interstitial Pneumonitis

摘要

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common form of pulmonary fibrosis, and usual interstitial pneumonitis (UIP) is its histologic and imaging correlate. Studies have shown that genetic risk factors are associated with the development of pulmonary fibrosis.