Md. Jamil Reza Choudhury1, Md. Ali Hossain2, Sk. Shahinur Hossain3 Mohammed Kamrul Hasan1,ASM Fateh Akram5, AHM Raihanuzzaman Sarkar5

Abstract
Childhood interstitial lung diseases (ILD) are a diverse group of diffuse lung diseases characterized by
abnormal imaging findings and impaired gas exchange. These disorders occur in a variety of clinical
contexts and are associated with high morbidity and mortality.Children with DLD may present with respiratory
failure, or with more indolent or chronic symptoms including tachypnea, hypoxemia, retractions, cough,
exercise intolerance, failure to thrive, gastroesophageal reflux, or other nonspecific symptoms. Thus, the
differential diagnosis is broad, and the first approach is to exclude more common causes for this presentation,
including infection, immunodeficiency, structural airway abnormalities, congenital heart disease, and cystic
fibrosis. Once more common explanations are excluded, a child with unexplained pulmonary symptoms
and diffuse pulmonary infiltrates should be given a provisional diagnosis of DLD, and further investigations
to determine a specific cause are warranted. Here we report two cases of child interstitial lung disease with
different presentation.
Key Words: Child, ILD

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