SM_167a: Lung Pathology & Restrictive Lung Disease Flashcards
What are features of normal lungs on gross anatomy?
- Pleura that are smooth or glistening
- Red color (but not overly red)
- Consistency of a wet, firm sponge
- Airways enlarged and patent
What are features of diseased lungs on gross anatomy?
- Rough or dull pleura
- Gray color (fibrosis, consolidation) or overly red splotchy color
- Too firm (fibrosis, consolidation) or too soft (emphysema)
- Lots of enlarged air spaces (emphysema)
_______ and ________ indicates this a bronchus
Cartilaginous ring and submucosal gland indicate this is a bronchus
(Ciliated columnar epithelium lining airway, submucosa sparsely populated with collagenous tissue and smooth muscles)
How can you tell that this bronchus is normal?
- Ciliated columnar epithelium lining airway, then loose connective tissue, then cartilage
- Submucosa sparsely populated with collagenous tissue and smooth muscles
How can you tell this alveolus is normal?
- Nothing in the alveolar spaces
- Alveolar septae (single layer of epithelium on both sides with capillary between them) are thin and delicate
What are the characteristics of obstructive lung disease?
- Most involve airway
- Increased resistance to airflow
- Do not generally progress to honeycomb lung
What are the characteristics of restrictive lung disease?
- Most involve lung parenchyma
- Decreased lung capacity
- Reduced expansion of lung parenchyma
- May progress to end stage honeycomb lung
Most obstructive lung diseases involve the ______, while most restrictive lung diseases involve the ______
Most obstructive lung diseases involve the airway, while most restrictive lung diseases involve the lung parenchyma
Obstructive lung diseases involve increased ______, while restrictive lung diseases involve decreased ______
Obstructive lung diseases involve increased resistance to flow, while restrictive lung diseases involve decreased lung capacity and reduced expansion of lung parenchyma
Obstructive lung diseases ____ progress to honeycomb lung, while restrictive lung diseases ____ progress to end-stage honeycomb lung
Obstructive lung diseases do not generally progress to honeycomb lung, while restrictive lung diseases may progress to end-stage honeycomb lung
What are examples of obstructive lung disease?
Obstructive lung disease
- COPD (emphysema, chronic bronchitis)
- Asthma
- Bronchiectasis
What are examples of restrictive lung disease?
Restrictive lung disease
- Usual interstitial pneumonia
- Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia
- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
- Sarcoidosis
Restrictive lung disease patterns include ______ and ______
Restrictive lung disease patterns include usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) and nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP)
Specific disease entities causing restrictive lung disease include ______ and ______
Specific disease entities causing restrictive lung disease include sarcoidosis and hypersensitivity pneumonitis
What are common causes of usual interstitial pneumonia?
- Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- Connective tissue diseases
- Asbestosis
- Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonia
Pathology of usual interstitial pneumonia involves ________ and _______ heterogeneity
Pathology of usual interstitial pneumonia involves temporal and geographic heterogeneity
- Geographic heterogenity: normal areas immediately adjacent to areas of fibrosis
- Temporal heterogeneity: areas of young fibrosis (fibroblastic foci) adjacent to areas of old (eosinophilic, hypocellar foci)
- More severe in subpleural regions
Geographic heterogeneity in usual interstitial pneumonia is _______
Geographic heterogeneity in usual interstitial pneumonia is normal areas immediately adjacent to areas of fibrosis
Temporal heterogeneity in usual interstitial pneumonia is _______
Temporal heterogeneity in usual interstitial pneumonia is areas of young fibrosis (fibroblastic foci) adjacent to areas of old (eosinophilic, hypocellular) fibrosis
Geographic and temporal heterogeneity in usual interstitial pneumonia are more severe in _______ regions
Geographic and temporal heterogeneity in usual interstitial pneumonia are more severe in subpleural regions
What are common causes of nonspecific interstitial pneumonia?
- Idiopathic
- Autoimmune disease
Pathology of nonspecific interstitial pneumonia involves ______ and ______ _____ fibrosis
Pathology of nonspecific interstitial pneumonia involves temporally and geographically uniform fibrosis
- What is sarcoidosis?
Granulomatous disease of unknown etiology
- More common in adults <40, females, and African Americans
- Extrapulmonary involvement (eyes, skin, spleen) common
- Most cases regress with or without treatment but some progress to pulmonary fibrosis
Pathology of sarcoidosis involves _______ typically along _______
Pathology of sarcoidosis involves well formed granulomas without lymphoid inflammation or necrosis (naked granulomas) typically along bronchovascular structures
What must you rule out when considering a diagnosis of sarcoidosis?
Infectious etiology
A naked granuloma is a granuloma _______
A naked granuloma is a granuloma without inflammation or necrosis
What is hypersensitivity pneumonia?
Hypersensitivity pneumonia
- Caused by prolonged exposure to inhaled organic antigens (animal proteins, bacteria, or plants)
- Symptoms may be acute (fever, cough, dyspnea) or chronic (progressive respiratoru failure) depending on exposure
Pathology of hypersensitivity pneumonia involves ________
Pathology of hypersensitivity pneumonia involves poorly formed non-necrotizing granulomas accompanied by lymphocytes and plasma cells, typically around airways
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonia demonstrates a ______ pattern of injury
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis demonstrates a usual interstitial pneumonia pattern of injury
What is honeycomb lung?
Honeycomb lung
- End stage form of fibrosis associated with restrictive lung disease (most commonly associated with usual interstitial pneumonia)
- Can be identified in CT scans and pathologic specimens
Pathology of honeycomb lung involves ______ on gross examination and ______ on pathological examination
Pathology of honeycomb lung involves fibrosis and cystic dilated spaces on gross examination and dense fibrosis with loss of normal lung architecture and cystic spaces lined by columnar bronchial epithelial cells on pathological examination
Describe the characteristics of obstructive lung disease
Obstructive lung diseases
- Produce decreased flow in large and small airways
- Generally increase lung volumes due to air trapping and overexpansion
- Generally decreased elastic recoil
_______, _______, and _______ are examples of obstructive lung disease
COPD (emphysema, chronic bronchitis), asthma, and bronchiectasis are examples of obstructive lung disease
COPD includes ______ and ______
COPD includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis
(irreversible, related to long term damage from smoking)
Emphysema is a disease of the ______, with ______ airway involvement
Emphysema is a disease of the lung parenchyma, with minimal airway involvement