Buzz words Respiratory bronchiolitis All smokers Usually symptomatic and no clinical significance Respiratory bronchiolitis ILD <common little fibrosis improves with cessation macrophages accumulation of yellow-brown pigmented within the lumens of respiratory bronchioles and alveolar ducts, associated with a patchy submucosal and peribronchiolar chronic inflammation. mild bronchiolar and peribronchiolar alveolar fibrosis that expands contiguous alveolar septa … Continue reading 000 Respiratory Bronchiolitis, ILD →

Nutshell perilymphatic particularly if clustered axial interstitium mid upper lung mediastinal and hilar adenopathy usually affects the bronchioles and not small airways Lymphatics Bronchioles Nutshell perilymphatic particularly if clustered axial interstitium mid upper lung mediastinal and hilar adenopathy usually affects the bronchioles and not small airways Late midlung fibrosis honeycombing 90% have pulmonary involvement and … Continue reading 000 Sarcoidosis →

Lung references ↵ WebbWR. High-resolution CT of the lung parenchyma. Radiol Clin North Am 1989; 27: 1085–1097. MedlineWeb of Science ZerhouniEA, Naidich DP, Stitik FP, Khouri NF, Siegelman SS. Computed tomography of the pulmonary parenchyma. II. Interstitial disease. J Thorac Imaging 1985;1:54–64. Medline ↵ ZerhouniE. Computed tomography of the pulmonary parenchyma: an overview. Chest 1989;95:901–907. … Continue reading References and Links →

The Lungs The Common Vein Copyright 2009 Ashley Davidoff MD  Also Go to Medical Art- Lungs Art and Photography of Cigarette Smoking Alveolus Parts and Bonds Ashley Davidoff MD             CELLS OF THE ALVEOLI There are two types of cells lining the alveoli: Type I alveolar cells (pneumocytes) are squamous cells. They … Continue reading Art of the Lungs →