Introduction:

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis represents a degenerative disease with a dire prognosis, whose therapeutic options are very limited, so it is necessary to evaluate alternatives available to the population.

Objective:

To evaluate treatment with autologous adult bone marrow (BM) stem cells in a 68-year-old patient with a radiological diagnosis of pulmonary fibrosis and dyspnea at rest.

Case presentation:

The patient attended the consultation with dyspnea at rest, and digital saturation of 74%, which after her first intravenous treatment with adult bone marrow stem cells, achieved significant improvement, with saturations ranging between 85 and 90% at 4 months after the first therapy. Eight months after the first session, she received a second dose, with which she increased the saturation to values between 94 and 97%, three weeks after the latter.

Conclusion:

Conclusion: Treatment with autologous adult bone marrow stem cells could improve the signs and symptoms of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

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