Bronchoalveolar Lavage as a Diagnostic Tool in an Atypical Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

Bronchoalveolar Lavage as a Diagnostic Tool in an Atypical Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH) is an uncommon diffuse cystic lung disease that occurs almost exclusively in young adult smokers. High-resolution computed tomography of the chest allows a confident diagnosis of PLCH in typical presentation, when nodules, cavitating nodules, and cysts...

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Main Authors: Ovidiu Fira-Mladinescu, Noemi Suppini, Gheorghe-Emilian Olteanu, Corneluta Fira-Mladinescu, Daniel Traila
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-06-01
Series:Diagnostics
Subjects:
multiple cystic lung disease
cytopathologic diagnosis
immunohistochemical cell blocks
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/12/6/1394

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