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Fig. 4 | BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Fig. 4

From: Interstitial lung abnormalities and interstitial lung diseases associated with cigarette smoking in a rural cohort undergoing surgical resection

Fig. 4

Photomicrographs from 58-year-old active smoker (30 pack years) who had radiographic ILD pattern of combined pulmonary fibrosis emphysema (CPFE) and underwent right lower lobectomy for suspicious nodule showing: a peribronchiolar metaplasia (PBM, black arrow), interstitial fibrosis (arrow head), anthracotic pigment deposition (green arrow), and [100×] (b) emphysema (asterisk) and PBM (arrow) [100×] (c) pattern of desquamative interstitial pneumonitis (DIP) where alveoli were diffusely and extensively filled by macrophages (asterisk) [40×] (d) DIP with pigmented macrophages filling the alveoli (arrow) [200×]

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