Pneumoconioses
Pneumoconioses Pneumoconioses are changes in the lung parenchyma in response to inhalation of inorganic dusts. The type and severity of parenchymal reaction to an inhaled dust depends on the type…
Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Usual Interstitial Pneumonia Alvaro C. Laga Timothy C. Allen Philip T. Cagle The American Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society define usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) as the pathologic abnormality…
Acute Interstitial Pneumonia
Acute Interstitial Pneumonia Abida K. Haque Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP) is the pathologic correlate of Hamman-Rich syndrome, a rapidly progressive interstitial fibrosis of unknown etiology. The onset of shortness of…
Honeycomb Lung
Honeycomb Lung Roberto Barrios Timothy C. Allen Hakan Çermik’s A large number of lung diseases, of varying etiologies, exhibit the same end-stage fibrotic pattern of honeycomb lung. Diseases that have…
Lung Disease in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Lung Disease in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Alvaro C. Laga Anna Sienko Philip T. Cagle Pulmonary involvement in inflammatory bowel disease is rare and can present as airway, interstitial, or pleural…
Organized Diffuse Alveolar Damage
Organized Diffuse Alveolar Damage Alvaro C. Laga Abida K. Haque The organizing phase of diffuse alveolar damage (DAD) generally begins approximately 7 days after an acute lung injury, and is…
Diffuse Alveolar-Septal Amyloidosis
Diffuse Alveolar-Septal Amyloidosis Alvaro C. Laga Timothy C. Allen Philip T. Cagle Lung involvement as diffuse alveolar-septal amyloidosis occurs in most cases of systemic primary amyloidosis. Involvement limited to the…
Carcinomas
Carcinomas Primary lung carcinomas account for the highest number of cancer deaths in the United States each year. Carcinomas are tumors of the lung epithelium, including the bronchial mucosa. The…
Airway-Centered Interstitial Fibrosis
Airway-Centered Interstitial Fibrosis Timothy C. Allen Philip T. Cagle Several recent reports have proposed that interstitial pneumonia centered around small airways may be a form of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia not…
Flock Lung
Flock Lung Armando E. Fraire Flocking is a widely used industrial process in which short segments of nylon or similar synthetic fibers are applied to backing fabric materials to produce…
