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2020 Mar 11


J Ultrasound

From an abdominal ultrasound to a lung disease passing through the diaphragm: a case of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Authors

Boccatonda A, Liberatore I, Cocco G, D'Ardes D, Marinari S, Schiavone C
J Ultrasound. 2020 Mar 11.
PMID: 32162155.

Abstract

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic lung disease characterized by abnormal and excessive deposition of collagen in the pulmonary interstitium (fibrosis) with minimal associated inflammation evolving into progressive and irreversible decline in lung function.