Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis. A study of an indigenous African population

Respiration. 1990;57(6):364-71. doi: 10.1159/000195873.

Abstract

Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis (CFA) has not been described previously in any large group of indigenous African patients. This was a retrospective study of 46 such patients diagnosed as having CFA during a 73-month period. The clinical spectrum of illness was similar to that of other groups studied worldwide. Cigarette smoking was associated with a poorer outcome and is a potentially preventable cause of deterioration.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Biopsy
  • Dyspnea / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prognosis
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / diagnosis
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / epidemiology*
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / physiopathology
  • Respiratory Function Tests / methods
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Smoking / adverse effects
  • South Africa / epidemiology

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones