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===Lung histology=== | ===Lung histology=== | ||
====Bronchial | ====Bronchial mucosa==== | ||
*Ciliated pseudostratified epithelium. | *Ciliated pseudostratified epithelium. | ||
*Minimal/mild inflammation. | |||
*Small amount of smooth muscle. | |||
Metaplastic changes: | Metaplastic changes: | ||
*Goblet cells.<ref>{{cite journal |authors=Rogers DF |title=The airway goblet cell |journal=Int J Biochem Cell Biol |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=1–6 |date=January 2003 |pmid=12467641 |doi=10.1016/s1357-2725(02)00083-3 |url=}}</ref> | *Goblet cells - described in association [[asthma]] and [[COPD]].<ref>{{cite journal |authors=Rogers DF |title=The airway goblet cell |journal=Int J Biochem Cell Biol |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=1–6 |date=January 2003 |pmid=12467641 |doi=10.1016/s1357-2725(02)00083-3 |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Squamous - may precede dysplasia and malignancy. | *Squamous - may precede dysplasia and malignancy. | ||
====Lung | ====Lung parenchyma==== | ||
Common: | Common: | ||
*Type I pneumocyte - cover most of the alveolar surface. | *Type I pneumocyte - cover most of the alveolar surface. |
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