Lung Pathology Flow Charts
Lung Pathology Flow Charts
Lung Pathology Flow Charts
diseases
FEV1/FVC > 0.7
Glandular hyperplasia
Mucus hypersecretion
Smoking
Emphysema
Chronic Bronchitis
Centriacinar
Asthma
Reversible bronchoconstriction
Panacinar
Smoking
a1-AT deficiency
Obstruction + Infection =
Bronchiectasis
Sm. m. & elastic tissue damage irreversible
dilation of bronchi/ bronchioles fibrosis
Associated w/ CF
Desquamation of epithelium ulceration
hemoptysis & orthopnea
Atopic
Non-atopic
Viral infections
Restrictive
lung disease
Normal FEV1/FVC
Fibrosing
UPI
Idiopathic pulmonary
fibrosis
Nonspecific interstitial
pneumonia
Honey-comb fibrosis
TERT/C mutations
Cellular pattern
Cryptogenic
organizing
pneumonia
Pneumoconiosis
Drug-induced
Bleomycin
Amiodarone
Masson Bodies
ACE-I
Fibrosing pattern
Coal-Workers type
Anthracosis
Silicosis
Asbestosis
Whorled collagen
Simple
Carbon-leiden
macrophages (macules)
Complicated
Intense black scars
Radiation-induced
Restrictive lung
diseases
Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Granulomatosus
diseases
Sarcoidosis
1. Non-caseating granulomas
Hypersensitivity
pneumonitis
2. Schaumann Bodies
- Farmers lung
3. Asteroid Bodies
Desquamating interstitial
pneumonia
Alveoli
Vascular lung
diseases
Diffuse pulmonary
hemorrhage syndromes
Pulmonary HTN
Idiopathic
pulmonary arterial
HTN
BMPR2 mutation
Goodpastures
Idiopathic pulmonary
hemosiderosis
Hemoptysis
Vasculitis-associated
hemorrhage
Lung Tumors
Adenocarcinoma
Small, peripherally located
TTF1 +ve
Squamous cell
carcinoma
Smoking
Small cell
carcinoma
Large cell
carcinoma
Carcinoid Tumors
Associated w/ paraneoplastic
syndromes (hypercalcemia)
Neuroendocrine origin
Typical
Atypical
No necrosis
Necrosis
Pleural lung
diseases
Pleural Effusion
Pneumothorax
Pleural Tumors
Associated w/ emphysema,
asthma, TB
Inflammatory
Non-inflammatory
(hydrothorax)
Spontaneous
Cavity that communicates
directly w/ pleural space
air escape
Traumatic
Therapeutic
Primary
Secondary
Solitary fibrosis
tumor
Mesothelioma
Whorled collagen
Epithelioid type
Sarcomatoid type
Mixed (biphasic)
type