Reperfusion
Injury
Epidemiology:
Common sites:
Gross features:
Histologic features:
- acute:
- (diffuse alveolar
damage)
- hyaline membranes
- congestion
- interstitial edema
- intraalveolar
macrophages
- type 2 cell
hyperplasia
- small amount of
neutrophils in interstitium
- reparative phase:
- intra-alveolar
tufts of fibrous connective tissue (Masson bodies)
- interstitial
fibrosis
Immunophenotype:
Marker:
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Sensitivity:
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Specificity:
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Molecular features:
Other features:
- pulmonary
edema resulting from ischemic capillary injury
References:
- AFIP Non-Neoplastic
Disorders of the Lower Respiratory Tract (2002)