저자들은 평소 건강하였던 42세 주부에서 원인을 알 수 없는 갑자기 발생된 호흡부전을 주소로 입원하여 임상적, 방사선학적으로 급성 간질성 폐렴의 증상을 보이고 개흉 폐 생검술에서 조직학적으로 급성 간질성 폐렴에 합당한 소견으로 확진된 1예를 보고하는 바이다.
There is a small portion of interstitial pneumonia which presents acute respiratory failure developing within several days. The course of illness is short and most patients die within weeks or months. This type of interstitial pneumonia has been variously termed Hamman-Rich syndrome, accelerated interstitial pneumonia, or the organizing stage of diffuse alveolar damage. We experienced a case of acute interstitial pneumonia in 42-year old female who showed clinical, radiological and histologic features of acute interstitial pneumonia without any identified etiologic agent.
