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Image:Fibroblast focus.jpg|UIP - fibroblast focus - high mag. (WC) | Image:Fibroblast focus.jpg|UIP - fibroblast focus - high mag. (WC) | ||
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==Sign out== | |||
===Micro=== | |||
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Sections show lung parenchyma with: | |||
Fibrosis: present, patchy. | |||
Fibrosis severity: moderate-to-severe. | |||
Lung field predominance (fibrosis): lower lobe > middle lobe > upper lobe. | |||
Fibroblast foci: present. | |||
Peripheral cyst formation: present. | |||
Inflammation: present, patchy, lymphocyte predominant. | |||
Granulomatous inflammation: absent. | |||
Blood vessel changes: absent. | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||