Honeycomb lung is a radiological term indicating the presence of multiple cysts, usually throughout both lungs. These cysts vary in size from 5 to 20 mm in diameter, and they represent the end point of a number of different disease processes. The diseases which may give rise to this ...
Such lungs were described by Fowler and Godlee (1898) as having a worm-eaten or honeycomb appearance. Sharkey and Fletcher both believed that the cystic change developed acutely and the condition was generally interpreted as bronchiectasis, bronchiolectasis, or broken-down bronchopneumonic abscesses,...
These findings were thought to correspond to the honeycomb-like appearance on HRCT. In some cases of ILD with UIP in RA patients, the pathogenesis of cystic lesions may differ from that of honeycombing in IPF/UIP.doi:10.1080/24725625.2019.1566983Moda, Mitsuhiro...