Emphysema formation in a never-smoker with scleroderma-related interstitial pneumonia

Hideaki Yamakawa; Tamiko Takemura; Tomohisa Baba; Takashi Ogura

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports (Jan 2018)

Emphysema formation in a never-smoker with scleroderma-related interstitial pneumonia

Hideaki Yamakawa,
Tamiko Takemura,
Tomohisa Baba,
Takashi Ogura

Affiliations

Hideaki Yamakawa: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Yokohama, Japan; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokyo Jikei University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; Corresponding author. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, 6-16-1 Tomioka-higashi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0051, Japan.
Tamiko Takemura: Department of Pathology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
Tomohisa Baba: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Yokohama, Japan
Takashi Ogura: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Yokohama, Japan

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 25
pp. 211 – 212

Abstract

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We report a case of pathological emphysema formation in a never-smoker with scleroderma-related interstitial pneumonia. We realized the importance of pulmonary vasculopathy causing the coexistence of emphysema and fibrosis in scleroderma. Our discovery provides novel information that emphysema can occur in patients with scleroderma-related interstitial pneumonia who have never smoked. Keywords: Emphysema, Systemic sclerosis, Vasculopathy, Interstitial lung disease

Published in Respiratory Medicine Case Reports

ISSN: 2213-0071 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/respiratory-medicine-case-reports/

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