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Chronic pneumonitis of infancy
Katsumi Abe1, Noriko Kamata, Eiwa Okazaki
1Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan. k.abe-k@komagome-hospital.bunkyo.tokyo.jp
European Radiology
|January 11, 2003
Abstract:
Chronic pneumonitis of infancy (CPI) is a very rare lung disease in infants and young children. We report a 33-day-old infant with CPI, focusing on the radiologic aspects of the disease. Chest radiographs showed variable and non-specific appearances including ground-glass shadowing, consolidation, volume loss, and hyperinflation. Dense alveolar opacities progressed as CPI advanced. The radiologic features of our case reflected pathologic changes.