BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Cryptogenic fibrosing pleuritis is an extremely rare disease, which can affect both lungs from a very young age. The most common finding is severe lung restriction resulting in both hypoxemic and ventilatory failure. CASE REPORT: Male patient, 26 year old with acute deterioration of chronic respiratory failure. Following admission prolonged mechanical ventilation was necessary. An atypical clinical presentation made the diagnosis difficult, but eventually cryptogenic fibrosing pleuritis and lung fibrosis were established. CONCLUSIONS: The prognostic outcome of patients with the final diagnosis of cryptogenic fibrosing pleuritis is extremely poor, especially in an advanced phase of this disease. We recommend early treatment with corticosteroids or surgical pleural decortication.
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Verweel, E., Noble, J. le, Zoelen, C. G., Maat, A., Thijsse, W., Gerritsen, P., & Bakker, J. (2007). Failure to wean caused by cryptogenic fibrosing pleuritis and bilateral lung trapping: case report. Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva, 19(4), 504–508. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0103-507x2007000400018
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