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Refined Murine Model of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Published on: June 17, 2025
[75-year old female with progressive idiopathic lung fibrosis]
Dirk Bandorski1, Jens Uwe Alles, Oliver Basten
1Medizinische Klinik 1, Klinikum Wetzlar, Wetzlar, Germany. dirk.bandorski@t-online.de
Case Report:
A 75-year old female was admitted to the intensive care unit because of a respiratory insufficiency during a bronchoscopy. Extubation was done rapidly. Two months before, the patient suffering from breast cancer without metastases underwent a radical mastectomy. Thoracic x-ray presented a progressive shadow. Differential diagnoses took into consideration neoplastic, infectious or immunologic causes. The following day the patient suffered from dyspnea. A cardiopulmonary resuscitation was without success. Obduction revealed a honeycomb lung. Histology presented an idiopathic lung fibrosis.
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