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==Desquamative interstitial pneumonia==
==Desquamative interstitial pneumonia==
*Abbreviated ''DIP''.
*Abbreviated ''DIP''.
===General===
{{Main|Desquamative interstitial pneumonia}}
*Thought to be advanced ''[[RBILD]]''.
*Strong association with smoking.<ref name=Ref_WMSP93>{{Ref WMSP|93}}</ref>
**Treatment: stop smoking.
 
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Abundant brown pigmented airspace macrophages - ''smoker's macrophages'' - '''key feature'''.
*Architecture preserved; "linear fibrosis".
 
Notes:
*Some fields of view may be indistinguishable from [[RBILD]].
 
DDx:
*Amiodarone toxicity.
*Fibrotic [[NSIP]].
 
Images:
*[http://pathhsw5m54.ucsf.edu/case27/dip27.html DIP (ucsf.edu)].
 
===Stains===
*Macrophages [[PAS stain|PAS]] +ve.


=See also=
=See also=
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