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airway-centered interstitial fibrosis

Definition: Form of interstitial lung disease characterized pathologically by small airway-centered interstitial fibrosis and metaplastic bronchiolar epithelium extending around and often linking fibrotic and sometimes heavily muscularized bronchioles.

References

- Churg A, Myers J, Suarez T, Gaxiola M, Estrada A, Mejia M, Selman M. Airway-centered interstitial fibrosis: a distinct form of aggressive diffuse lung disease. Am J Surg Pathol. 2004 Jan;28(1):62-8. PMID: 14707865