Giant Cell Interstitial Pneumonia: High-Resolution CT and Pathologic Findings in Four Adult Patients
Jin Wook Choi1,
Kyung Soo Lee1,
Man Pyo Chung2,
Joungho Han3,
Myung Jin Chung1 and
Jai Soung Park4
1 Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical
Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50, Ilwon-Dong,
Kangnam-Ku, Seoul 135-710, Korea.
2 Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine,
Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul
135-710, Korea.
3 Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan
University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, Korea.
4 Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon,
Kyungki-Do 420-853, Korea.

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Fig. 1A. Giant cell interstitial pneumonia in 47-year-old man. Chest
radiograph shows patchy ground-glass opacities and some reticular densities in
both lungs.
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Fig. 1B. Giant cell interstitial pneumonia in 47-year-old man.
High-resolution (1.0-mm collimation) CT scans obtained with lung window
settings at levels of inferior pulmonary vein (B) and liver dome
(C) show patchy ground-glass opacities containing irregular linear
opacities in both lungs. Nodule (arrow, C) is calcified
granuloma.
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Fig. 1C. Giant cell interstitial pneumonia in 47-year-old man.
High-resolution (1.0-mm collimation) CT scans obtained with lung window
settings at levels of inferior pulmonary vein (B) and liver dome
(C) show patchy ground-glass opacities containing irregular linear
opacities in both lungs. Nodule (arrow, C) is calcified
granuloma.
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Fig. 1D. Giant cell interstitial pneumonia in 47-year-old man.
Low-magnification photomicrograph of histopathologic speciman shows
interstitial thickening with inflammatory cell infiltration. Also note some
prominent lymphoid follicles (arrows). (H and E, x12)
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Fig. 1E. Giant cell interstitial pneumonia in 47-year-old man.
High-magnification photomicrograph of histopathologic specimen shows
macrophages and multinucleated giant cells (arrows) in alveolar
spaces. (H and E, x100)
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Fig. 2A. Giant cell interstitial pneumonia in 52-year-old man. Chest
radiograph shows bilateral reticular densities in lower lung zones.
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Fig. 2B. Giant cell interstitial pneumonia in 52-year-old man.
High-resolution (1.0-mm collimation) CT scans obtained with lung window
settings at levels of suprahepatic inferior vena cava (B) and liver
dome (C) show subpleural ground-glass opacities, irregular linear
opacities, and honeycombing in both lungs with lower lung zone
predominance.
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Fig. 2C. Giant cell interstitial pneumonia in 52-year-old man.
High-resolution (1.0-mm collimation) CT scans obtained with lung window
settings at levels of suprahepatic inferior vena cava (B) and liver
dome (C) show subpleural ground-glass opacities, irregular linear
opacities, and honeycombing in both lungs with lower lung zone
predominance.
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