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*+/-Clusters of bacteria - small dots or rods.
*+/-Clusters of bacteria - small dots or rods.


==Asthma==
===General===
*The bread and butter of respirology.
*Associated with atopy.
*Mast cells thought to play an important role.
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref>Klatt. AOP P.108.</ref>
*Edema.
*Mucous.
*+/-Smooth muscle hypertrophy.
*+/-Inflammation - especially with eosinophils.
*+/-Charcot-Leyden crystals (formed from eosinophilic granules).
**Sharp edge, diamond shaped, intense pink.
Images:
*[http://www.udel.edu/medtech/dlehman/medt372/Ch-lyd.html Charcot-Leyden crystals (udel.edu)].
*[http://www.som.tulane.edu/classware/pathology/medical_pathology/New_for_98/Lung_Review/Lung-26.html Charcot-Leyden crystals (tulane.edu)].
Notes:
*Leyden in ''Charcot-Leyden'' is also seen written as ''Leiden''.


==Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia==
==Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia==
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Notes:
Notes:
*''Usual interstitial pneumonia'' is the most common type of ILD.<ref name="pmid16738196">{{cite journal |author=Visscher DW, Myers JL |title=Histologic spectrum of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias |journal=Proc Am Thorac Soc |volume=3 |issue=4 |pages=322-9 |year=2006 |month=June |pmid=16738196 |doi=10.1513/pats.200602-019TK |url=http://pats.atsjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=16738196}}</ref>
*''Usual interstitial pneumonia'' is the most common type of ILD.<ref name="pmid16738196">{{cite journal |author=Visscher DW, Myers JL |title=Histologic spectrum of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias |journal=Proc Am Thorac Soc |volume=3 |issue=4 |pages=322-9 |year=2006 |month=June |pmid=16738196 |doi=10.1513/pats.200602-019TK |url=http://pats.atsjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=16738196}}</ref>
==Diffuse alveolar damage==
===General===
*Abbreviated ''DAD''.
*Histologic correlate of:
**Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
**Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP).
**Transfusion related acute lung injury (TRALI).
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref>Klatt. AOP P.103.</ref>
*Early:
**Hyaline membrane: debris (pink crap) lines the alveolar spaces.
*Intermediate:
**Macrophage proliferation.
*Late:
**Interstitial inflammation.
**Fibrosis.
Image: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ARDS.jpg Diffuse alveolar damage (WC)].


==Fibrosis==
==Fibrosis==
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=Disease with fibrosis=
=Disease with fibrosis=
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==Diffuse alveolar damage==
===General===
*Abbreviated ''DAD''.
DAD is the histologic correlate of:
*Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
*Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP).
*Transfusion related acute lung injury (TRALI).
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref>Klatt. AOP P.103.</ref>
*Early:
**Hyaline membrane: debris (pink crap) lines the alveolar spaces.
*Intermediate:
**Macrophage proliferation.
*Late:
**Interstitial inflammation.
**Fibrosis.
Image: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ARDS.jpg Diffuse alveolar damage (WC)].


==Usual interstitial pneumonia==
==Usual interstitial pneumonia==
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