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Figure 5

From: An autopsy study of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema: correlations among clinical, radiological, and pathological features

Figure 5

Images of a CPFE patient with lung cancer who died from a pulmonary infarction. (A) CT scan performed within 1 month of death showing honeycombing with a thin wall and the occasional integration of cysts in the left lower lobe. (B) Image of the lower lobe showing enlarged honeycomb cysts with thin walls and remnant of lung tissue therein corresponding to the CT scan (Figure 5-A). (C) High-power view of the square lesion in Figure 5-B showing perilobular atelectatic fibrosis with smooth muscle hyperplasia.

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