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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2014 May 29;113(4):452–459. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2014.04.024

Table 4.

Lung pathology.

Subject Type Pathology Diagnosis PLH Granulomas
1 thoracoscopic reactive lymphoid hyperplasia yes No
2 thoracoscopic atypical nodular lymphoid infiltrate with poorly formed granulomas yes Yes
3 thoracoscopic atypical lymphoid hyperplasia yes No
4 thoracoscopic follicular bronchiolitis with fibrosis and loosely formed granulomas yes Yes
5 transbronchial follicular bronchiolitis yes No
6 thoracoscopic atypical reactive lymphoid infiltrate with organizing pneumonia yes No
7 thoracoscopic lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia with follicular bronchiolitis yes no
8 transbronchial organizing pneumonia no no
9 thoracoscopic bronchiolocentric interstitial pneumonia with fibrosis, lymphoid hyperplasia, organizing pneumonia, and occasional poorly formed granulomas yes yes
10 transbronchial lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia yes no
11 thoracoscopic lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia with follicular bronchiolitis and organizing pneumonia yes no
12 transbronchial atypical lymphoid hyperplasia yes no
Parameter FB or LH only (n = 6) LIP or OP (n = 6) p value
> 5 Nodules 6 6 1.00
Ground Glass 2 4 0.567
Monocytes > 500 0 5 0.015

FB = follicular bronchiolitis, LH = lymphoid hyperplasia, LIP = lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia, OP = organizing pneumonia