Organizing Pneumonias

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Fig. 24.1 (a, b) Histopathological pattern of organizing pneumonia at surgical lung biopsy: buds of granulation tissue containing myofibroblasts and inflammatory cells embedded in a loose connective matrix, and filling…

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Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis

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Fig. 18.1 Chest CT scan of a patient with autoimmune PAP. Reticulations are superimposed on ground-glass opacities forming a “crazy paving” pattern with a geographic distribution: juxtaposition of healthy and…

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Chronic Bronchiolitis in Adults

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Fig. 3.1 Junctional area between the purely conductive airways and the respiratory portion of the lung. The terminal (nonrespiratory) bronchiole has a continuous cuboidal epithelium, whereas alveoli open off the…

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Multiple Cystic Lung Diseases

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Folliculin gene (FLCN)-associated syndrome  Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome  Familial spontaneous pneumothorax Lymphangioleiomyomatosis  Sporadic  Tuberous sclerosis complex associated Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis Lymphoid disorders  Lymphoid interstitial pneumonia, idiopathic or associated with connective tissue…

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Alveolar Hemorrhage

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Histology Etiologies Pulmonary Capillaritis Granulomatosis with polyangitis Microscopic polyangitis Isolated pulmonary capillaritis Systemic lupus erythematosus Primary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome Other collagen vascular disorders/connective tissue diseases Henoch-Schönlein purpura Behçet Syndrome Goodpasture…

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Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis

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Fig. 25.1 Cellular NSIP. The lung shows diffuse involvement of the alveolar interstitium by a mild chronic inflammatory infiltrate Fig. 25.2 Fibrotic NSIP. The lung shows diffuse involvement of the…

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Pulmonary Manifestations of Hematological Malignancies: Focus on Pulmonary Chronic Graft-Versus Host Disease

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Antibiotic chemotherapeutic agents Bleomycin, Mitomycin C Alkylating agents Busulfan, Cyclophosphamide, Chlorambucil, Melphalan, Ifosfamide, Procarbazine Antimetabolites Methotrexate, 6-mercaptopurine, Cytosine arabinoside, Fludarabine Nitrosamines Bischloroethyl nitrosourea (BCNU), Chloroethyl cyclohexyl nitrosourea (CCNU), Methyl-CCNU Tubulin-acting…

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Pulmonary Hypertension in Orphan Lung Diseases

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1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension  1.1 Idiopathic PAH  1.2 Heritable   1.2.1. BMPR2   1.2.2. ALK1, endoglin, SMAD9, CAV1, KCNK3   1.2.3 Unknown  1.3 Drug- and toxin-induced  1.4 Associated with   1.4.1. Connective tissue diseases…

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