LUNG pathology Flashcards
Respiratory system is an outgrowth from the____
Ventral wall of the foregut
Midline trachea develops two lateral outpocketings
Lung buds
How many branches arise from the Right lung bud?
3 (lobar bronchi)
How many branches arise from the left lung bud?
2 ( lobar bronchi)
Respiratory bronchioles + alveolar ducts + alveolar sacs
Acinus
3-5 terminal bronchioles + respective acinus
Pulmonary lobule
Histology of bronchial mucosa
pseudostratified, tall, columnar, ciliated epithelial cells
Alveolar epithelium
Flattened, plate-like Type 1 pneumocytes covering 95% of the alveolar surface
Rounded Type II pneumocytes; synthesize surfactant; contained in osmiophilic lamellar bodies
Entire lung and bronchial tree may be absent on one side
Pulmonary agenesis
Incomplete development of the lungs (Presence of rudimentary bronchi but no lung tissue)
Pulmonary Aplasia
Defective development of distal lung tissue of both lungs (can be bilateral but usually one may be more affected than the other)
Pulmonary hypoplasia
Decreased weight, volume, and acini disproportional to the body weight and gestational age
Pulmonary hypoplasia
Causes Pulmonary hypoplasia
abnormalities that compress the lungs or impede normal lung expansion in utero
(CDH and oligohydramnios)
Bowels enter the thoracic cavity and impede proper growth and development of the lung
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Abnormal communication between the trachea and the esophagus, Depending on the type, this can lead to severe and fatal pulmonary complications and aspirations
Tracheoesophageal Fistula
Most common type of Tracheoesophageal Fistula
H type variation
Suspected in a newborn baby who frequently coughs or regurgitate milk after bleeding
TEF
Vascular abnormalities
Pulmonary Arteriovenous malformations
Alveolar capillary dysplasia
Pulmonary Lymphagiectasia
Massive overinflation of one or more lung lobes occuring postnatally (compared to adult type emphysema wherin you have actual wall loss)
Congenital Lobar Emphysema
What lobe is mostly common in the congenital lobar emphysema
Upper lobes
Causes of vongenital lobar emphysema
Intrinsic absence or abnormality (bronchomalacia) of cartilaginous ring
External compression by a large pulmonary artery
Compression by a large pulmonary artery ..(Congenital Lobar emphysema)
Bronchi at the involved site may be devoid of cartilahe
Cardiac anomalies may be present
Abnormal detachment of the primitive foregut
Foregut cyst
Most often location of foregut cyst
hilum or the middle mediastinum
Classification of foregut cyst
Bronchogenic (most common)
Esophageal
Enteric