Fibrosis score predicts mortality in patients with fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis

ABSTRACT:

Background

Variable clinical courses make it challenging to predict mortality resulting from fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP). This study evaluated the usefulness of radiologic parameters for predicting mortality in patients with fibrotic HP.

Methods

Clinical data and high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) images, which were scored for reticulation, honeycombing, ground glass opacity (GGO), consolidation, and mosaic attenuation (MA) by visual assessment, were retrospectively analyzed in a total of 101 patients with fibrotic HP (all biopsy-proven cases). Fibrosis score was defined as the sum of reticulation and honeycombing scores.

Results

The mean age of the 101 patients was 58.9 years, and 60.4% were females. During the follow-up (median: 55.5 mont

SUBMITTER: Oh J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10070979 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature