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 *Abbreviated ''RB-ILD'' or ''RBILD''.
 *[[AKA]] ''respiratory bronchiolitis-associated interstitial lung disease''.
+{{Main|Respiratory bronchiolitis-interstitial lung disease}}
-===General===
-*May be an early version of ''[[DIP]]''.
-*Associated with smoking.
-===Microscopic===
-Features:<ref name=Ref_PPP197-8>{{Ref PPP|197-8}}</ref>
-*Brown pigmented airspace macrophages - ''smoker's macrophages'' - '''key feature'''.
-**Cannot count (distinct) granules.
-*Inflammation of the terminal bronchioles.
-Note:
-*The histologic features of RBILD may be present peri-tumoural.
-*Hemosiderin-laden macrophages have coarse granules - that one can count.
-DDx:
-*[[Desquamative interstitial pneumonia]].
-====Image====
-*[http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v19/n11/fig_tab/3800671f2.html RB-ILD (nature.com)].
 ==Desquamative interstitial pneumonia==