Re: Re: NSIP

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gina thanks for the info i know more about nsip. diana nsip raynads 2002 canton ohio wrote: Hi Sista, Good to see you back with us..I've been too distracted to follow the Forum over the last couple of days. I'm reading backwards but I can contribute a little here....NSIP is most usually indicated by 'ground glass' appearance in the scarring pattern rather than a honeycomb

pattern. They are both 'Fibrotic'...There is also a type of NSIP called 'Cellular' NSIP & it is that form which responds best to treatment with Steroids. Fibrotic NSIP does have a very small success rate (10% I think from memory) & is closer to UIP in its response to Steroid treatment. My HRCT shows a distinct 'Honeycomb' pattern & that is considered quite rare for Fibrotic NSIP. However my VATS returned pathology more consistant with Fibrotic NSIP, HOWEVER the sample was so thin & of such poor testing quality that the Pathologists were not prepared to make a call! AS I've said before reserachers have found that it is possible for patients to have both Fibrotic NSIP & UIP....the disease then

is considered to follow a typical UIP path. That is my understanding based on reading oodles of mainly US & some Dutch research plus what I've been told by the 2 Lung Specialists I've consulted in Oz. in Oz IPF: Fibrotic NSIP/UIP???? Reynauds' May 2007 >> Hello, I'm back and putting my two cents in here. I read some of the > posts regarding the DX of NSIP> and honeycombing. My many pulmonary doctors referred to the scarring as > honeycombing. They did not differentiate> between scarring, fibrosis or honeycombing. The pattern of the > scarring,etc is different for NSIP but it's still fibrosis!> -- > > > Z fibriotic NSIP/o5/PA> > > And "mild" PH/10/07 and Reynaud's too!!> > > Potter, reader,carousel lover and MomMom to Darah > > *"I'm gonna be iron like a lion in Zion" Bob Marley***>

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