Thoracic Key

(1) Institute of Pathology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria   22.1 History Mice, rats, and hamsters have been used as models for human lung cancer since several decades [1, 2]….

(1) Institute of Pathology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria   Under the term of smoking-related diseases, several diseases with quite different morphological features are discussed, but all of them are…

(1) Institute of Pathology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria   In this chapter, we will focus on all aspects of the anatomy and histology of the lung as far as…

(1) Institute of Pathology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria   10.1 Introduction Eosinophilic lung diseases are discussed in a separate chapter, due to the variation of etiologies and similarities of…

(1) Institute of Pathology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria   5.1 Atelectasis Atelectasis is defined as an alveolar collapse due to lack of air filling. In newborns there exists a…

(1) Institute of Pathology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria   14.1 Drug-Induced Interstitial Lung Diseases Drug-induced interstitial lung diseases present with a variety of tissue reaction, most of them already…

(1) University of Padova Medical School, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Sciences, Pathological Anatomy Section, Padova, Italy   Lung transplantation-related pathology includes a large box of disorders such as (a)…

(1) Institute of Pathology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria   23.1 Biopsies There are different types of biopsies one can receive: bronchial biopsies, transbronchial biopsies, ultrasound-guided needle biopsies, and transthoracic…

(1) Institute of Pathology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria   The lung develops from the foregut. At the highness of the later larynx, the single tube splits into two buds…

(1) Institute of Pathology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria   After being used in the therapy of melanomas, immunotherapy is now also used in NSCLC. A major breakthrough in establishing…