Idiopathic fibrosing alveolitis: a review with emphasis on ultrastructural and immunohistochemical features.

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Idiopathic fibrosing alveolitis: a review with emphasis on ultrastructural and immunohistochemical features.

Ultrastruct Pathol. 1985;9(3-4):345-72. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/86124230
Hammar SP; Winterbauer RH; Bockus D; Remington F; Friedman S

Abstract: Fibrosing alveolitis is a usually chronic pulmonary disease affecting middle-aged men and women and causing progressive dyspnea. This review discusses the nosologic, etiologic, immunopathogenic, histologic, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural features of this condition. A hypothesis is presented suggesting microvascular damage as the primary pathologic change in cases associated with collagen vascular diseases and viral pneumonia.

Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/PATHOLOGY Biopsy Female Fibronectins/ANALYSIS Growth Substances/ANALYSIS Histocytochemistry Human Interferon Type I/ANALYSIS Keratin/ANALYSIS Lung/PATHOLOGY Male Microcirculation Microscopy, Electron Molecular Weight Pleura/PATHOLOGY Pulmonary Fibrosis/*PATHOLOGY T-Lymphocytes/ANALYSIS JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW

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