Diagnosis and Management of Interstitial Lung Disease in Patients with Connective Tissue Diseases

Figure 4

High-resolution computed tomography of the chest (Case 3). The scan prior to our evaluation (a) demonstrated pulmonary nodules, thin-walled cysts, basilar predominant ground glass attenuation, and subpleural consolidation consistent with lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia (LIP) in the setting of Sjögren’s syndrome. A repeat scan (b) demonstrated increased ground glass attenuation and stable thick-walled cysts, and a few of the bilateral solid pulmonary nodules had slightly increased in size.

(a)

(b)