smoking-related interstitial lung disease

smoking-related interstitial lung disease

Any of a group of diffuse-lung diseases which are linked to cigarette smoking.
SR-ILDs
Respiratory brochiolitis, respiratory brochiolitis-interstitial lung disease, desquamative interstitial lung disease, pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Clinical findings
Dyspnoea, diffuse-lung infiltrates, impaired gas exchange.