RevisingtheUpdatedMultidisciplinaryApproachtotheDiagnosisofIdiophaticPulmonaryFibrosisAccordingtoFleischnerWhitePaper:Case-BasedApproach
MarianaBenegas1,FernandaHernández2,JacoboSellares2,
CarmenLucena2,IvanVollmer1,JoseRamirez3,MarceloSánchez1
DepartmentsofRadiology1,Pneumology2,Pathology3
HospitalClínic,Barcelona,Spain
Objectives
1.Toknowthemultidisciplinaryassessmentofpatientswithsuspectedusualinterstitialpneumonia
2.TodescribetheupdateddiagnosticcategoriesofUIPbasedonCTpatterns
3.ToexplaintheroleoftheworkingmultidisciplinarydiagnosisofIPFindifferentclinicalscenarios
Background
Withtherecentdevelopmentofeffectivetreatmentsforpatientswithidiopathicpulmonaryfibrosis,anaccuratediagnosisiscrucial
Thediagnosisofidiopathicpulmonaryfibrosis(IPF)requiresthecollaborationofmultiplespecialists:clinicians,thoracicradiologist,pathologist
HRCTisakeyinitialdiagnostictest.CTpatternsareusedasatooltoidentifypatientswithsuspectedIPF
InanupdatedapproachtothediagnosisofIPFwaspublishedbytheFleischnerSociety1withmajorchangesinthediagnosticcategoriesofUIPbasedonCTpatternsandre