Difference between revisions of "Medical lung diseases"

Jump to navigation Jump to search
105 bytes added ,  03:42, 7 September 2010
Ref PPP
(Ref PPP)
Line 204: Line 204:
===General===
===General===
*It is sometimes used incorrectly as a synoym for ''idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis''.
*It is sometimes used incorrectly as a synoym for ''idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis''.
*Cannot be diagnosed via bronchoscopic or transbronchial biopsy.<ref>PPP P.186.</ref>
*Cannot be diagnosed via bronchoscopic or transbronchial biopsy.<ref name=Ref_PPP186>{{Ref PPP|186}}</ref>


===Epidemiology===
===Epidemiology===
Line 230: Line 230:


===Histology===
===Histology===
Features:<ref>PPP P.186-9.</ref>
Features:<ref>{{Ref PPP|186-9}</ref>
*Fibroblast foci:
*Fibroblast foci:
**"Crescent-shaped bulge" of fibroblasts -- a rounded projection of spindle cells into the airspace.
**"Crescent-shaped bulge" of fibroblasts -- a rounded projection of spindle cells into the airspace.
**Location: in the areas of transisition between active inflammation and old inflammation.<ref>[http://www.epler.com/IPFWhat%27sIPFDiseaseInformation2.htm http://www.epler.com/IPFWhat%27sIPFDiseaseInformation2.htm]</ref>
**Location: in the areas of transisition between active inflammation and old inflammation.<ref>[http://www.epler.com/IPFWhat%27sIPFDiseaseInformation2.htm http://www.epler.com/IPFWhat%27sIPFDiseaseInformation2.htm]</ref>
**Note: Technically, ''fibroblast foci'' are composed of myofibroblasts.<ref>PPP P.189.</ref>
**Note: Technically, ''fibroblast foci'' are composed of myofibroblasts.<ref name=Ref_PPP189>{{Ref PPP|189}}</ref>
*Interstitial inflammation,
*Interstitial inflammation,
*Microscopic honeycombing,
*Microscopic honeycombing,
Line 344: Line 344:


===Histology===
===Histology===
Features:<ref>PPP PP.197-8.</ref>
Features:<ref>{{Ref PPP|197-8}}</ref>
*Brown pigmented airspace macrophages - ''smoker's macrophages''.
*Brown pigmented airspace macrophages - ''smoker's macrophages''.
*Inflammation of the terminal bronchioles.
*Inflammation of the terminal bronchioles.
Line 366: Line 366:
===General===
===General===
*[[AKA]] eosinophilic granuloma of lung.
*[[AKA]] eosinophilic granuloma of lung.
*Associated with smoking.<ref name=ppp234>PPP P.234.</ref>
*Associated with smoking.<ref name=Ref_PPP234>{{Ref PPP|234}}</ref>
*Not assoc. with systemic diseases of Langerhans cells (AKA Hand-Schueller-Christian disease).
*Not assoc. with systemic diseases of Langerhans cells (AKA Hand-Schueller-Christian disease).


Subtypes:<ref name=ppp234/>
Subtypes:<ref name=Ref_PPP234/>
*Cellular form.
*Cellular form.
*Fibrotic form.
*Fibrotic form.
Line 379: Line 379:


===Histology===
===Histology===
Features:<ref>PPP P.237.</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_PPP237>{{Ref PPP|237}}</ref>
*Cellular peribronchiolar nodules with:
*Cellular peribronchiolar nodules with:
**Langerhans cells - '''key feature''':
**Langerhans cells - '''key feature''':
Line 388: Line 388:


===IHC===
===IHC===
*Langerhans cells: S100+ and CD1a+.<ref>PPP P.237.</ref>
*Langerhans cells: S100+ and CD1a+.<ref name=Ref_PPP237>{{Ref PPP|237}}</ref>


=Granulomatous lung disease=
=Granulomatous lung disease=
48,702

edits

Navigation menu