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