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*[http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/98443/enlarge Pulmonary edema (sciencephoto.com)]. | *[http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/98443/enlarge Pulmonary edema (sciencephoto.com)]. | ||
==Diffuse panbronchiolitis== | |||
*Abbreviated ''DPB''. | |||
===General=== | |||
*Rare lung disease predominantly found among asians.<ref name=pmid17012632 >{{Cite journal | last1 = Poletti | first1 = V. | last2 = Casoni | first2 = G. | last3 = Chilosi | first3 = M. | last4 = Zompatori | first4 = M. | title = Diffuse panbronchiolitis. | journal = Eur Respir J | volume = 28 | issue = 4 | pages = 862-71 | month = Oct | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1183/09031936.06.00131805 | PMID = 17012632 | http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/28/4/862.long }}</ref> | |||
*Has been likened to [[cystic fibrosis]] - but doesn't really share any features with it. | |||
===Gross=== | |||
Features:<ref name=pmid17012632/> | |||
*[[Bronchiectasis]]. | |||
*Hyperinflation. | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features:<ref name=pmid17012632/> | |||
*Transmural inflammation of bronchioles - esp. respiratory bronchioles. | |||
**Lymphocytes, plasma cells, histiocytes. | |||
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*[http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/28/4/862/F1.expansion.html DPB (ersjournals.com)]. | |||
==Drug reactions== | ==Drug reactions== | ||