Chronic progressive interstitial lung disorder characterized by the replacement of the lung tissue by connective tissue, leading to progressive dyspnea, respiratory failure, or right heart failure. Causes include chronic inflammatory processes, exposure to environmental irritants, radiation therapy, autoimmune disorders, certain drugs, or it may be idiopathic (no identifiable cause). [ NCIT:P378 ]
Synonyms: fibrosis of lung pulmonary interstitial fibrosis
Term information
- NCIT:C26869 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- SCTID:51615001 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- MEDGEN:11028 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- MESH:D011658 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- UMLS:C0034069 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- DOID:3770 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- EFO:0009448 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
gard_rare, otar, rare
http://identifiers.org/snomedct/51615001
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C26869
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_3770
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0034069
http://identifiers.org/medgen/11028
http://identifiers.org/mesh/D011658