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==Respiratory bronchiolitis interstitial lung disease==
==Respiratory bronchiolitis interstitial lung disease==
*Abbreviated ''RBILD''.
{{Main|Respiratory bronchiolitis interstitial lung disease}}
===General===
*May be an early version of ''[[DIP]]''.
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_PPP197-8>{{Ref PPP|197-8}}</ref>
*Brown pigmented airspace macrophages - ''smoker's macrophages''.
*Inflammation of the terminal bronchioles.
 
Note:
*The histologic features of RBILD may be present peri-tumoural.


==Desquamative interstitial pneumonia==
==Desquamative interstitial pneumonia==
*Abbreviated ''DIP''.
{{Main|Desquamative interstitial pneumonia}}
===General===
*Thought to be advanced [[RBILD]].
 
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Brown pigmented airspace macrophages - ''smoker's macrophages''.
*Architecture preserved; "linear fibrosis".
 
Notes:
*Some fields of view may be indistinguishable from RBILD.
*Amiodarone toxicity, fibrotic NSIP - may appear similar.


==Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis==
==Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis==
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