Rosai Chapter 10 - Lung Flashcards
Main proliferating component after alveolar injury
cuboidal type II (granular) pneumocytes
Main types of bronchial and bronchiolar epithelial cells (6)
- Basal cells
- Neuroendocrine cells
- Ciliated cells
- Serous cells
- Clara cells
- Goblet cells
Which of the main types of bronchial and bronchiolar epithelial cells decrease in number as one approaches the terminal bronchioles? (2)
- Ciliated cells
- Goblet cells
Which of the main types of bronchial and bronchiolar epithelial cells increases proportionally in number as one approaches the terminal bronchioles?
-Clara cells
Represent the main progenitor cells after bronchiolar injury and has a secretory function
-Clara cells
Submucosal glands in larger bronchi is composed of:
-both Serous and Mucous cells
Structures sometimes seen in alveolar spaces that are of no diagnostic significance (4)
“CARB”
- Corpora amylacea (common in elderly)
- Alveolar macrophages (pigmented in smokers)
- fresh RBCs
- Blue bodies (Calcium carbonate)
Pulmonary ARTERY or VEIN:
Has internal and external elastic membrane
Pulmonary Artery
Pulmonary ARTERY or VEIN:
Has single (outer) elastic layer
Pulmonary Vein
Basic facts needed to know before diagnosing lung biopsy (6)
- patient Age
- whether or not the patient is immunocompromised
- onset and tempo of disease progression (Acute or Chronic)
- localized vs. diffuse radiological distribution of abnormalities
- presence and degree of functional impairment
- occupational or travel history
The type of lung biopsy that has the highest sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy for all non-neoplastic lung diseases
Wedge biopsy
Histologic findings that complicate interpretation of transbronchial biopsy (3)
- “Holes” or “Bubbles” artifact that mimics the appearance of exogenous lipid pneumonia
- procedure-related hemorrhage which is common
- mesothelial cells when the biopsy unintentionally captures pleural tissue
Most common types of congenital cystic disease encountered in surgical pathology (4)
- Congenital Lobar Overinflation (Congenital Lobar Emphysema)
- CCAM / CPAM
- Bronchogenic cyst
- Pulmonary sequestration
Characterized by the presence of variously sized intercommunicating cysts lined by cuboidal-to-ciliated pseudostratified columnar (“adenomatoid”) epithelium
-CCAM / CPAM
Stocker types of CCAM / CPAM is based on __ and __
- Size
- Number of cysts
Stocker type:
-Large cyst (>2 cm)
Stocker type 1
Stocker type:
-Small cyst (<2 cm)
Stocker type 2
Most common form of acquired cystic disease
-Emphysema
Defined as an increase in size of airspaces distal to the terminal bronchiole associated with destruction of their walls
Emphysema
Most important morphologic substrate of COPD
Emphysema
Large (>/= 1 cm) cystic spaces covered by a thin, stretched pleura
Bullae
Formed by the rupture of an alveolus directly beneath the pleura and the escape of air into the areolar layer of the pleura which results in interstitial pneumonia
Blebs
Size of Blebs
< 1 cm in diameter
Characterized by:
- Severe emphysema
- Bronchiectasis
- Bronchiolitis obliterans
Swyer-James (McLeod) syndrome