Difference between revisions of "Diffuse lung diseases"

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===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_Klatt103>{{Ref Klatt|103}}</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_Klatt103>{{Ref Klatt|103}}</ref><ref name=pmid16766248>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Castro | first1 = CY. | title = ARDS and diffuse alveolar damage: a pathologist's perspective. | journal = Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg | volume = 18 | issue = 1 | pages = 13-9 | month =  | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2006.02.001 | PMID = 16766248 }}</ref>
*Early:  
#Exudative (early):  
**Hyaline membrane: debris (pink crap) lines the alveolar spaces.  
#*Hyaline membrane: debris (pink crap) lines the alveolar spaces.  
*Intermediate:
#Proliferative:
**Macrophage proliferation.
#*Interstitial thickening.
*Late:
#*Inflammation (lymphocytes).
**Interstitial inflammation.
#*Hobnailing of alveolar lining cells (hyperplastic pneumocytes).
**Fibrosis.
#*Edema (link pink crap in the alveoli).
#*Masson bodies in the airway.
#*Hyaline material (usu. focal) - '''key feature'''.
#Fibrotic:
#*Interstitial inflammation.
#*Fibrosis.


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