Difference between revisions of "Medical lung diseases"

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 ==Respiratory bronchiolitis interstitial lung disease==
-*Abbreviated ''RBILD''.
+{{Main|Respiratory bronchiolitis interstitial lung disease}}
-===General===
-*May be an early version of ''[[DIP]]''.
-===Microscopic===
-Features:<ref name=Ref_PPP197-8>{{Ref PPP|197-8}}</ref>
-*Brown pigmented airspace macrophages - ''smoker's macrophages''.
-*Inflammation of the terminal bronchioles.
-Note:
-*The histologic features of RBILD may be present peri-tumoural.
 ==Desquamative interstitial pneumonia==
-*Abbreviated ''DIP''.
+{{Main|Desquamative interstitial pneumonia}}
-===General===
-*Thought to be advanced [[RBILD]].
-===Microscopic===
-Features:
-*Brown pigmented airspace macrophages - ''smoker's macrophages''.
-*Architecture preserved; "linear fibrosis".
-Notes:
-*Some fields of view may be indistinguishable from RBILD.
-*Amiodarone toxicity, fibrotic NSIP - may appear similar.
 ==Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis==