Difference between revisions of "Diffuse lung diseases"

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===General===
===General===
*Thought to be advanced ''[[RBILD]]''.
*Thought to be advanced ''[[RBILD]]''.
*Strong association with smoking.<ref name=Ref_WMSP93>{{Ref WMSP|93}}</ref>
**Treatment: stop smoking.


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:
Features:
*Brown pigmented airspace macrophages - ''smoker's macrophages''.
*Abundant brown pigmented airspace macrophages - ''smoker's macrophages'' - '''key feature'''.
*Architecture preserved; "linear fibrosis".
*Architecture preserved; "linear fibrosis".


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