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Interstitial lung diseases comprise more than 100 entities in which the lung is more or less broadly involved by a diffuse disease, mostly — but not uniquely — nonneoplastic. A diffuse lung disease (DLD) is a pathologic process in which it is not possible to localize unambiguously the topographic site of onset. Interstitial should be considered a misnomer, because several diffuse entities involve uniquely or at least partially the alveolar spaces; however, the word is so deeply rooted in the collective imagination that it is widely used in the common practice.
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Maffessanti, M., Dalpiaz, G. (2011). HRCT of the Interstitial Lung Diseases: What, Why, and How To. In: Hodler, J., von Schulthess, G.K., Zollikofer, C.L. (eds) Diseases of the Heart and Chest, Including Breast 2011–2014. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1938-6_14
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