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*Heterogeneity of inflammation: airspace macrophages & inflammation minimal in honeycombed foci. | *Heterogeneity of inflammation: airspace macrophages & inflammation minimal in honeycombed foci. | ||
==== | ==Asbestosis== | ||
===General=== | |||
*Important to diagnose... asbestosis = compensation. | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
*Histologic appearance as for UIP -- plus ''ferruginous bodies''. | *Histologic appearance as for UIP -- plus ''ferruginous bodies''. | ||
* | **Segmented twirling batton with long slender fibre within. | ||
Image(s): | Image(s): | ||