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===Other specimens=== | ===Other specimens=== | ||
Brushings, washes and lavages: | |||
*One should see pulmonary macrophages (large cells with bubbly green/brown cytoplasm, eccentric reniform nucleus). | *One should see pulmonary macrophages (large cells with bubbly green/brown cytoplasm, eccentric reniform nucleus). | ||
**Ciliated cells may be from the nasopharynx - not proof of lung parenchymal tissue. | **Ciliated cells may be from the nasopharynx - not proof of lung parenchymal tissue. | ||