Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) are heterogenous and complex chronic that even today challenging to diagnose classify. The terminology mechanistic understanding of specific ILDs have evolved substantially over the last centuries decades, clinicians, pathologists, radiologists, researchers continuously working untangle various differing causes. Despite many drawbacks negative clinical trials, ...

A woman with metastatic ovarian carcinoma developed postoperative respiratory failure due to interstitial lung metastases demonstrated by bronchoalveolar lavage. After chemotherapy, she was able to be removed from mechanical ventilation and has shown progressive resolution of her interstitial lung disease. Metastatic ovarian carcinoma can be a treatable etiology of life-threatening interstitial...

INTRODUCTION Clubbing is very uncommon in respiratory bronchiolitis-associated interstitial lung disease, and primarily raises the suspicion of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in a patient presenting with diffuse parenchymal lung disease. If idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis can be excluded, clubbing should raise the suspicion of an occult tumour. CASE PRESENTATION We describe a heavy smoker presen...