Terminal diffuse alveolar damage in relation to interstitial pneumonias: An autopsy study

• Published in: American journal of clinical pathology Vol. 119; no. 5; pp. 709 - 714
• Main Authors: RICE, Alexandra J, WELLS, Athol U, BOUROS, Demos, DU BOIS, Roland M, HANSELL, David M, POLYCHRONOPOULOS, Vlasis, VASSILAKIS, Dimitris, KERR, Jonathan R, EVANS, Timothy W, NICHOLSON, Andrew G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, IL American Society of Clinical Pathologists 01.05.2003
• Subjects: Aged; Autopsy; Biological and medical sciences; Connective Tissue Diseases - pathology; Female; Humans; Lung Diseases, Interstitial - pathology; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Pneumology; Pulmonary Alveoli - pathology; Pulmonary Fibrosis - pathology; Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases; Diffuse; Human; Lung disease; Usual interstitial pneumonia; Respiratory disease; Pathogenesis; Acute interstitial pneumonia, Autopsy; Lung; Terminal stage; Diffuse alveolar damage; Pathology; Autopsy; Fibrosis; Interstitial pneumonitis

Acute exacerbations of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis/cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis (IPF/CFA) are rare and typically terminal events, but their relationship to underlying patterns of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias is unknown. We reviewed autopsy material from patients who died of diffuse alveo...