acute fibrinous organizing pneumonia
Lesions
intra-alveolar fibrin (alveolar fibrinous exudates)
organizing pneumonia (pulmonary organization)
type 2 pneumocyte hyperplasia
edema
acute inflammation and chronic inflammation (inflammatory infiltrate)
pulmonary interstitial widening
Associations
collagen vascular disease
- inflammatory myopathy
- juvenile dermatomyositis (#15689928#)
amiodarone
Haemophilus influenza
Acinetobacter lymphomaairspray
severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) (#15272286#)
construction work
coal mining
zoological work
Differential diagnosis
organizing pneumonia
References
Beasley MB, Franks TJ, Galvin JR, Gochuico B, Travis WD. Acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia: a histological pattern of lung injury and possible variant of diffuse alveolar damage. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2002 Sep;126(9):1064-70. PMID: #12204055#