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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hypersensitivity_pneumonitis_intermed_mag.jpg Hypersensitivity pneumonitis - intermed. mag. (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hypersensitivity_pneumonitis_intermed_mag.jpg Hypersensitivity pneumonitis - intermed. mag. (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hypersensitivity_pneumonitis_high_mag.jpg Hypersensitivity pneumonitis - high mag. (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hypersensitivity_pneumonitis_high_mag.jpg Hypersensitivity pneumonitis - high mag. (WC)].
==Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia==
===General===
*Often abbreviated '''''LIP'''''.
*Associated with autoimmune disorders (rheumatoid arthritis, pernicious anemia, Sjoegren syndrome).<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/299643-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/299643-overview]. Accessed on: 2 June 2010.</ref>
*Associated with viral infections (HIV, EBV, human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV) type 1).
===Gross===
*Basilar predominance.
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/299643-diagnosis http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/299643-diagnosis]. Accessed on: 2 June 2010.</ref>
*Small mature lymphocytes.
*Plasma cells.
*+/-Lymphoid follicles.
Negatives:
*No Vasculitis.
*No necrosis.
Image: [http://www.scielo.br/img/revistas/jbpneu/v34n2/en_a02fig01.jpg LIP (scielo.br)].


==Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis==
==Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis==
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