Interstitial Lung Disease: 150 Years of Progress

In 1873, von Buhl published one of the earliest histologic descriptions of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in Tuberkulose und Schwindsucht.1 He described a disorder pathologically characterized by “degeneration and desquamation of alveolar and bronchiolar epithelium” likely caused by tuberculosis or syphilis and coined the term “chronic interstitial pneumonia.” The first histologic description of what today we call idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) was published in 1897 by Rindfleis ch, calling the new entity “Cirrhosis Cystica Pulmonum.
Source: Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America - Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Tags: Preface Source Type: research