著者

Masamichi MINESHITA Yoshitaka NAKAMORI Yasushi SEIDA Setsuko HIWATASHI

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.44, no.6, pp.662-665, 2005 (Released:2005-07-14)

参考文献数

17

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12 14

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A 79-year-old man was admitted to hospital from his nursing home for treatment of pneumonia, but died 7 days after admission. Legionella pneumonia was diagnosed after isolation of Legionella pneumophila serogroup-5 from sputum culture. The environment of the nursing home was investigated; only water specimens from the 24-hour bath were positive by culture for Legionella pneumophila serogroup-5. Subsequent analysis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis revealed an identical pattern in isolates from both sputum culture and 24 hour bath water culture. Among 123 inpatients and staff of the nursing home, 17 were found to be seropositive for Legionella pneumophila serogroup-5.

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Masahide KAJI Haruko KUNO Toshiomi TURU Yoshihiro SATO Kotaro OIZUMI

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.40, no.7, pp.594-597, 2001 (Released:2006-03-27)

参考文献数

10

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20 22

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Objective Myocarditis has been described as a complication of influenza. Patients with influenza may have symptoms and abnormal laboratory data (including chest X-ray, electrocardiogram, etc.) suggestive of myocarditis, although few observations have been made regarding the prevalence of asymptomatic myocardial injury. We investigated whether influenza can produce myocardial injury without cardiac symptoms. Methods During the epidemic of influenza A (H3N2) from 1998 to 1999 in Japan, we examined possible cardiac muscle damage associated with influenza in patients without apparent clinical myocardial injury by measuring serum myosin light chain concentrations. Patients Ninety-six influenza-positive patients (46 males and 50 females, average age 43.4 years) without impaired renal function were studied. Results Of these patients, 11 (11.4%) had elevated serum myosin light chain I concentrations. Conclusion Asymptomatic myocardial injury may be present in patients with influenza even when they have no symptoms suggestive of myocardial injury.(Internal Medicine 40: 594-597, 2001)

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Tetsu Tanaka Kazuyuki Yahagi Osamu Wada Kai Ninomiya Yu Horiuchi Masahiko Asami Hitomi Yuzawa Kota Komiyama Jun Tanaka Jiro Aoki Akitake Suzuki Kazuho Ishizaki Kengo Tanabe

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.7326-21, (Released:2021-06-12)

参考文献数

21

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Achilles tendon xanthoma (ATX) is one of the typical features of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). The morphological evaluation of ATX by X-ray radiography is widely recognized; however, the utility of other imaging modalities remains unclear. We herein report two cases of FH in which Doppler ultrasound imaging demonstrated a microvascular flow in ATX that only rarely could be observed in normal Achilles tendons. Neoangiogenesis accompanies chronic inflammation and it may play an important role in the deposition of cholesterol crystals leading to ATX. In addition to the morphological evaluation of ATX, the assessment of neoangiogenesis may therefore be essential for the evaluation of ATX.

著者

Koichi Takeda Seiji Minota Yoichiro Akiyama Katsuya Nagatani

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.54, no.22, pp.2957, 2015 (Released:2015-11-15)

参考文献数

1

著者

Ryo Sawada Yohei Matsui Junji Uchino Naoko Okura Yoshie Morimoto Masahiro Iwasaku Yoshiko Kaneko Tadaaki Yamada Koichi Takayama

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.7219-21, (Released:2021-06-05)

参考文献数

15

被引用文献数

7

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A 67-year-old man with primary lung adenocarcinoma was hospitalized due to massive bilateral pleural effusion and pericardial effusion after 94 cycles of nivolumab therapy. We were unable to identify the cause of these effusions using blood tests, cytology tests, or bacterial culture of pleural effusion and thoracoscopy. Finally, we administrated corticosteroids, which immediately improved the fluid accumulation. This case may support the introduction of corticosteroids for late-onset pleural and pericardial effusion during immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) treatment. However, the safety of rechallenge of ICIs after the improvement of fluid accumulation is controversial.

著者

Yuki Kitazaki Masamichi Ikawa Toru Kishitani Tomoko Kamisawa Shunya Nakane Yasunari Nakamoto Tadanori Hamano

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.6419-20, (Released:2021-02-15)

参考文献数

27

被引用文献数

2

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This report describes a 59-year-old woman who presented with progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity and myoclonus (PERM)-like symptoms and severe dysautonomia, including orthostatic hypotension, sinus bradycardia, dysuria, and prolonged constipation. Her neurological symptoms improved after immunotherapy, but the dysautonomia persisted. Anti-ganglionic acetylcholine receptor (gAChR) α3 subunit antibodies, which are frequently identified in patients with autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy, were detected in the pre-treatment serum. The central distribution of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, a target of anti-gAChR antibodies, and immunotherapeutic efficacy observed in this case indicate that anti-gAChR α3 subunit antibodies are associated with the PERM-like features accompanied by autonomic manifestations.

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Daisuke Asaoka Tsutomu Takeda Yoshihiro Inami Daiki Abe Yuji Shimada Kenshi Matsumoto Hiroya Ueyama Kohei Matsumoto Hiroyuki Komori Yoichi Akazawa Taro Osada Mariko Hojo Akihito Nagahara

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.59, no.14, pp.1677-1685, 2020-07-15 (Released:2020-07-15)

参考文献数

33

被引用文献数

6

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Objective The association between frailty and abdominal symptoms has not been evaluated. Methods We conducted a hospital-based, retrospective cross-sectional study of consecutive outpatients ≥65 years old at the Department of Gastroenterology, Juntendo Tokyo Koto Geriatric Medical Center from 2017 to 2019. Patients were included in the study if all of the following information was available from their medical records: patient's profile, the evaluation of osteoporosis, sarcopenia, frailty, nutritional status, findings of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, and questionnaire results for abdominal symptoms [Frequency Scale for the Symptoms of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (FSSG) and Constipation Scoring System (CSS)]. We divided the subjects into frailty and non-frailty groups and investigated the risk factors for frailty. Results Of the 313 eligible study subjects [134 men (42.8%) and 179 women (57.2%); mean age, 75.7±6.0 years; mean body mass index, 22.8±3.6 kg/m2], frailty was noted in 71 cases (22.7%). In a univariate analysis, an older age (p<0.001), female gender (p=0.010), successful eradication of Helicobacter pylori (p=0.049), proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use (p<0.001), laxative/prokinetics use (p=0.008), sarcopenia (p<0.001), osteoporosis (p<0.001), hypozincemia (p=0.002), hypoalbuminemia (p<0.001), low lymphocytes (p=0.004), a high CONUT score (p<0.001), a high FSSG score (p=0.001), and a high CSS score (p<0.001) were significantly associated with frailty. A multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that an older age [odds ratio (OR) 1.16; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.08-1.24, p<0.001], PPI use (OR 2.42; 95% CI 1.18-4.98, p=0.016), sarcopenia (OR 7.35; 95% CI 3.30-16.40, p<0.001), hypozincemia (OR 0.96; 95% CI 0.92-0.99, p=0.027), a high FSSG score (OR 1.08; 95% CI 1.01-1.16, p=0.021), and a high CSS score (OR 1.13; 95% CI 1.03-1.23, p=0.007) were significantly associated with frailty. Conclusion Advanced age, PPI user, sarcopenia, hypozincemia, a high FSSG score, and high CSS score are associated with frailty.

著者

Takuya Kudo Akio Kimura Kazuhiro Higashida Megumi Yamada Yuichi Hayashi Takayoshi Shimohata

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.5074-20, (Released:2020-07-14)

参考文献数

15

被引用文献数

1 7

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We report a 65-year-old man with autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein astrocytopathy (GFAP-A) who presented with gait disturbance that he had experienced for approximately half a year. On neurological examination, he displayed spastic paraplegia and autonomic dysfunctions including dysuria and constipation. Spinal cord magnetic resonance imaging showed longitudinally extensive spinal cord lesions (LESCLs) extending from the cervical to the thoracic cords. The patient was negative for anti-myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein and anti-aquaporin 4 antibodies. Treatment with corticosteroids and intravenous immunoglobulin resulted in a clinical improvement. It is important to distinguish GFAP-A from slowly progressive myelitis with LESCLs.

著者

Sota Nakamura Teppei Fujioka Shoji Kawashima Takatsune Kawaguchi Masayuki Mizuno Masahiro Omura Kenji Okita Akio Kimura Takayoshi Shimohata Noriyuki Matsukawa

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.6457-20, (Released:2021-04-05)

参考文献数

29

被引用文献数

9

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A 29-year-old man presented with a high-grade fever, headache, and urinary retention, in addition to meningeal irritation and myoclonus in his upper extremities. A cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination showed pleocytosis and high adenosine deaminase (ADA) levels with no evidence of bacterial infection, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis. T2-weighted brain magnetic resonance imaging showed transient hyper-intensity lesions at the splenium of the corpus callosum (SCC), bilateral putamen, and pons during the course of the disease. The CSF was positive for anti-glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) antibodies. He was diagnosed with autoimmune GFAP astrocytopathy. The present case shows that the combination of an elevated ADA level in the CSF and reversible T2-weighted hyper-intensity on the SCC supports the diagnosis of autoimmune GFAP encephalopathy.

著者

Shinji Ouma Jiro Fukae Shinsuke Fujioka Shosaburo Yamamoto Taku Hatano Asako Yoritaka Yasuyuki Okuma Ken-ichi Kashihara Nobutaka Hattori Yoshio Tsuboi

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.56, no.15, pp.1961-1966, 2017-08-01 (Released:2017-08-01)

参考文献数

22

被引用文献数

10 18

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Objective Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common, progressive, neurodegenerative disorder. With progression of PD, the wearing-off phenomenon occurs more frequently as a motor complication, decreasing the patient's quality of life. The aim of this study was to investigate the risk factors for the wearing-off phenomenon in Japanese PD patients. Methods All of the study participants were clinically diagnosed as having PD. Each patient was assessed for the wearing-off phenomenon based on the findings of clinical assessments and interviews that were conducted during a single visit. The risk factors for wearing-off were analyzed by univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses. Results Wearing-off was observed in 101 of the 180 (56.1%) patients who were enrolled in this study. The multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that the onset of PD at ≥69 years of age (odds ratio [OR], 0.22; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.05-0.88; p=0.032), female sex (OR, 6.49; 95% CI, 2.34-17.99; p<0.001), catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitor treatment (OR, 19.59; 95% CI, 3.55-108.11; p<0.001) and a high daily levodopa dosage (≥600 mg/day) (OR, 7.69; 95% CI, 1.41-41.84; p=0.018) were independent predictive factors for wearing-off in Japanese PD patients. Conclusion Age at the symptomatic disease onset, female sex, COMT inhibitor treatment, and a high daily levodopa dose were associated with the occurrence of wearing-off in Japanese PD patients. Physicians need to consider the risk factors and carefully choose medications for PD patients to postpone the occurrence of this phenomenon for as long as possible.

著者

Kazuhiro Ishii Ai Hosaka Kaori Adachi Eiji Nanba Akira Tamaoka

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.49, no.12, pp.1205-1208, 2010 (Released:2010-06-15)

参考文献数

23

被引用文献数

6 9

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A 71-year-old man developed postural tremor and was treated as an essential tremor patient. Nine years after the tremor onset, he developed symptoms resembling Fragile-X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS), including exacerbated (increased coarseness and amplitude) tremor in the right arm, ataxic gait, and brain MRI showed lesions in the bilateral middle cerebellar peduncles (MCP). Evidence of premutation in the form of 83 CGG repeats of the Fragile-X-mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene confirmed the diagnosis of FXTAS. FXTAS causes various neurological symptoms including in some cases tremor resembling essential tremor in the early stages. FMR1 gene premutation should be checked when the patient develops intention tremor, cerebral dysfunction and/or a brain MRI shows MCP lesions.

著者

Misato Ogata Hironaga Satake Takatsugu Ogata Yukimasa Hatachi Shigeo Hara Seiichi Hirota Hisateru Yasui

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.58, no.22, pp.3243-3246, 2019-11-15 (Released:2019-11-15)

参考文献数

14

被引用文献数

1 1

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We herein report the first case in which an escalated dose of sunitinib was effective, even after dose reduction. A 64-year-old man with gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the small intestine discontinued adjuvant imatinib because of interstitial pneumonia. After two years, peritoneal recurrence was detected. Sunitinib was started at 50 mg/day for 4 weeks every 6 weeks, after which the dosage was reduced to 37.5 mg/day because of grade 1 gastritis, stomatitis, and a fever. Four months later, computed tomography showed progressive disease. As the adverse events were well-controlled by medication, we escalated the dose to 50 mg/day and achieved a partial response.

著者

Yuko Nonaka Takayuki Yoshinaga Kentaro Iwata

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.50, no.21, pp.2705, 2011 (Released:2011-11-01)

参考文献数

2

著者

Kazuaki Kameda Michinori Shirano Yoshiro Hadano Yu Kasamatsu Tadahiro Nakamura Makiko Ota Tetsushi Goto

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.54, no.5, pp.513-518, 2015 (Released:2015-03-01)

参考文献数

30

被引用文献数

1 4

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Polyradiculopathy (PRP) is a rare but serious neurologic complication of cytomegalovirus (CMV) in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We herein report three cases of CMV PRP in patients with AIDS. Although providing a prompt diagnosis and initiating anti-CMV therapy may achieve clinical improvements, administering single-drug treatment may result in virologic failure. Therefore, introducing antiretroviral therapy is a key step for improving the treatment outcomes of CMV PRP.

著者

Tomoyuki Nakamura Katsunobu Yoshioka Tomoko Miyashita Katsumi Ikeda Yoshinari Ogawa Takeshi Inoue Keiko Yamagami

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.51, no.20, pp.2957-2960, 2012 (Released:2012-10-15)

参考文献数

12

被引用文献数

15 20

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A 23-year-old woman was admitted with complaints of swelling and pain in the left breast, fever, polyarthralgia and erythema nodosum. A fine-needle biopsy of the mass in the left breast revealed non-caseous granulomatous lobulitis. A diagnosis of granulomatous mastitis was thus made. The administration of prednisolone 40 mg/day resulted in the resolution of the patient's symptoms, and the breast mass thereafter decreased in size. The mass relapsed during the subsequent prednisolone taper. Additional therapy with methotrexate resulted in complete remission. Granulomatous mastitis should therefore be included in the differential diagnosis of polyarthralgia.

著者

Shigeru SENDA Yoshihide FUJIYAMA Tadao BAMBA Shiro HOSODA

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.32, no.4, pp.350-354, 1993 (Released:2006-03-27)

参考文献数

9

被引用文献数

15 20

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We were able to induce and maintain remission with camostat mesilate, a serine protease inhibitor, in two patients with ulcerative colitis, to whom salicylazosulfapyridine could not be administered due to previous side effects. The enzymatic activity of proteases from granulocyte, pancreatic juice and bacteria is possibly harmful to the inflammed colonic mucosa. Camostat mesilate can be expected to have an anti-inflammatory effect on the damaged mucosa of inflammatory bowel disease.(Internal Medicine 32: 350-354, 1993)

著者

Mia Fujisawa Masashi Matsushima Takashi Ueda Motoki Kaneko Ryutaro Fujimoto Masaya Sano Erika Teramura Makiko Monma Hajime Mizukami Fumio Nakahara Hidekazu Suzuki Takayoshi Suzuki Miharu Yabe Toshimasa Yabe

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.6926-20, (Released:2021-04-05)

参考文献数

47

被引用文献数

2

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The risk of carcinogenesis increases after 20 years old in patients with Fanconi anemia (FA). We herein report three rare cases of FA combined with esophageal cancer in women; all patients were diagnosed with FA in early childhood. Patients 1 and 2 were diagnosed with advanced and superficial esophageal cancer, respectively, at 21 and 30 years old, respectively. Patient 3 was diagnosed with superficial esophageal cancer, underwent curative surgery at 26 years old, and survived for over 5 years without recurrence. Therefore, establishing a protocol for the early detection of esophageal cancer in FA patients over 20 years old is important.

著者

Kosuke Tanaka Akiko Sasaki Hideto Egashira Shinichi Teshima Karen Kimura Takashi Nishino Tomohiko Tazawa Junichi Tasaki Chikamasa Ichita Sakue Masuda Kazuya Koizumi Makoto Kako

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.60, no.7, pp.999-1004, 2021-04-01 (Released:2021-04-01)

参考文献数

21

被引用文献数

2

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We herein report the definitive diagnosis of rectovaginal endometriosis in two cases. Case 1 involved a 46-year-old woman with abdominal pain and hematochezia. The diagnosis after the first and second examinations using lower gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy was unclear. Differential diagnoses included mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue and colorectal cancer. The third lower GI endoscopy with a targeted biopsy, performed during menstruation, confirmed rectovaginal endometriosis. Case 2 involved a 38-year-old woman with hematochezia. Lower GI endoscopy during menstruation revealed rectovaginal endometriosis. When rectovaginal or bowel endometriosis is suspected, lower GI endoscopy and a targeted biopsy during menstruation can prevent unnecessary surgery.

著者

Takashi Watari

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.6652-20, (Released:2021-03-29)

参考文献数

32

被引用文献数

11

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Objectives Medical litigation resulting from diagnostic errors leads to lawsuits that are time-consuming, expensive, and psychologically burdensome. Few studies have focused on internists, who are more likely to make diagnostic errors than others, with assessments of litigation in terms of system and diagnostic errors. This study explored factors contributing to internists losing lawsuits and examined whether system or diagnostic errors were more important on the outcome. Methods Data regarding 419 lawsuits against internists closed between 1961 and 2017 were extracted from a public Japanese database. Factors affecting litigation outcomes were identified by comparative analysis focusing on system and diagnostic errors, environmental factors, and differences in initial diagnoses. Results Overall, 419 malpractice claims against internists were analyzed. The rate of lawsuits being decided against internists was high (50.1%). The primary cause of litigation was diagnostic errors (213, 54%), followed by system errors (188, 45%). The foremost initial diagnostic error was "no abnormality" (17.2%) followed by ischemic heart disease (9.6%) and malignant neoplasm (8.1%). Following cause-adjustment for loss, system errors were 21.37 times more likely to lead to a loss. Losses were 6.26 times higher for diagnostic error cases, 2.49 times higher for errors occurring at night, and 3.44 times higher when "malignant neoplasm" was the first diagnosis. Conclusions This study found that system errors strongly contributed to internists' losses. Diagnostic errors, night shifts, and initial diagnoses of malignant neoplasms also significantly affected trial outcomes. Administrators must focus on both system errors and diagnostic errors to enhance the safety of patients and reduce internists' risk exposure.

著者

Takashi Ishiguro Yasuhito Kobayashi Ryuji Uozumi Naomi Takata Yotaro Takaku Naho Kagiyama Tetsu Kanauchi Yoshihiko Shimizu Noboru Takayanagi

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.58, no.24, pp.3509-3519, 2019-12-15 (Released:2019-12-15)

参考文献数

32

被引用文献数

15 29

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Objective The clinical characteristics and chest imaging findings of viral pneumonia and several interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) overlap, and viral pneumonia may be underrecognized and misdiagnosed as certain ILDs. To clarify the frequency of viral pneumonia among patients with acute progressive clinical courses that required a differential diagnosis between ILDs and pneumonia, and to determine the most frequent ILDs misdiagnosed in cases of viral pneumonia. Patients and Methods We retrospectively analyzed patients hospitalized from 2010 to 2017 with an acute clinical course (≤30 days) who underwent bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) for the differential diagnosis of infection and ILDs. We performed a multiplex PCR for respiratory viruses using the patients' preserved BAL fluid. The final diagnosis was made by a multidisciplinary approach and after considering the PCR results. The diagnosis at discharge was compared to the final diagnosis. Results Among the 109 patients, 53 were diagnosed with viral pneumonia. Viral pneumonia and other diseases showed some differences in symptoms and laboratory data; however, the differences were small or overlapped. Viral pneumonia was misdiagnosed on discharge as acute fibrinous organizing pneumonia, cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, or chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (AFOP/COP/CEP) (n=22), acute interstitial pneumonia (n=5), connective tissue disease-related ILDs (n=3), unclassifiable interstitial pneumonia (n=2), drug-induced ILD (n=1), and pneumonia (n=20). Conclusion Approximately half of the patients who underwent BAL had viral pneumonia. The most common ILD-related misdiagnoses were AFOP/COP/CEP. Differences in symptoms and laboratory findings between viral pneumonia and other diseases were small, and viral pneumonia should be included in the differential diagnosis when physicians encounter cases in which the abovementioned ILDs are suspected.