Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis: Report of an autopsy case masquerading as pulmonary interstitial emphysema

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 206, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 522-526

  Yamada, Sohsuke ^a   Hisaoka, Masanori ^a   Hamada, Tetsuo ^b   Araki, Shunsuke ^a   Shiraishi, Mika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis (CPL); Neonate; Pulmonary interstitial emphysema (PIE)

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LUNG SURFACTANT; BICARBONATE; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; DOPAMINE; HYALIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY D2-40;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL PULMONARY LYMPHANGIECTASIS; DELIVERY; DYSPNEA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG ENDOTHELIUM; LUNG HILUS; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; MALE; PLEURA; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREMATURITY; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA;

AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; MALE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA;

EID: 77954033602     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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