Table 3.
Pathologic pulmonary Findings of 18 patients
Patient No. | Histologic Findings |
1 | UIP pattern with areas showing features of DIP |
2 | Follicular bronchiolitis and cellular bronchiolitis with foci of OP and foci resembling NSIP |
3 | UIP pattern with a slight increase in lymphoid aggregates and focal OP |
4 | NSIP with follicular hyperplasia and DIP features |
5 | UIP pattern |
6 | NSIP with OP and follicular bronchiolitis |
7 | Fibroinflammatory changes with granulomas consistent with GPA |
8 | UIP pattern |
9 | UIP pattern with some associated chronic bronchiolitis, chronic pleuritis, and focal OP |
10 | UIP pattern |
11 | Unable to distinguish fibrosing NSIP and the early UIP pattern |
12 | NSIP with chronic bronchiolitis, OP, and early, focal, acute bronchopneumonia |
13 | Cellular NSIP with mild fibrosis and OP |
14 | Cellular and fibrosing NSIP |
15 | UIP pattern |
16 | UIP pattern |
17 | UIP pattern |
18 | UIP pattern with lymphocytic infiltrates and follicular lymphoid hyperplasia |
Abbreviations: DIP, desquamative interstitial pneumonia; GPA, granulomatosis with polyangiitis; NSIP, nonspecific interstitial pneumonia; OP, organizing pneumonia; UIP, usual interstitial pneumonia