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*Plasma proteins in airspace - light pink acellular junk. | *Plasma proteins in airspace - light pink acellular junk. | ||
*+/-Hemosiderin-laden macrophages (heart failure cells). | *+/-Hemosiderin-laden macrophages (heart failure cells). | ||
==Organizing pneumonia== | |||
===General=== | |||
*Multiple causes, e.g. transplant rejection, infection. | |||
Clinical diagnoses: | |||
*Transplant rejection. | |||
*Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP). | |||
**[[AKA]] bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP). | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features:<ref>Klatt. AOP P.110.</ref> | |||
*Distal airway disease -- airways plugged with organizing exudate. | |||
**"Organized exudate" = fluffy light-staining paucicellular regions with stellate cells (fibroblasts?). | |||
==Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia== | ==Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia== | ||