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congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation CCAM

what is it?
Hamartomatous mass of lung tissue: disorganized with varying degrees of cystic changes
Increase in terminal bronchiole like structures
Polypoid growth of cuboidal epithelium and increased underlying stromal elastic and smooth muscle
Mass lesion
Some alveoli between cysts
clinical presentation of congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM)
Clinical:
Occurs in stillborns or newborns in respiratory distress
Stillborn (Anasarca)
Mass obstruction of vena cava blocks venous return to heart
Newborn
Related to mass expansion in one hemithorax
M>F
Unilateral
Segmental bronchial atresia or absence
Treatment of congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation CCAM
Tx.
Resection
cystic fibrosis pathology findings
Pathology:
Nonspecific
Wide spread bronchiecasis particularly in upper lobes
Chronic inflammation, fibrosis, and irregular thickening of alveolar wall
Pulmonary complications:
Atelectasis
Pneumothorax
Hemoptysis
Acute respiratory failure
Chronic respiratory failure
Cor pulmonale
primary ciliary dyskinesia

pathology findings
immotile cilia syndrome

Pathology:
Bronchiectasis
Bronchitis
Bronchiolitis
Abnormal cilia
Absent/shortened dynein arms
Absence of radial spokes
Microtubular disarrangement or absence
Ciliary disorientation
kartagener's syndrome
subset of primary cilliary dyskinesia

Kartagener’s Syndrome – subset that includes:
Bronchiectasis
Sinusitis
Situs inversus
COPD
chronic bronchitis and emphysema

primary cause is cigarette smoking
types of emphysema
(1) Centrilobular emphysema – dilation primarily in respiratory bronchioles
Smoking

(2) Panlobular emphysema – enlargement and destruction of airspaces with uniform involvement of the acinus
Alpha 1 anti trypsin deficiency
Wegener's granulomatosis

clinical triad
disorder of pulmonary vasculature

Clinical triad:
Upper airway
Lower airway
Kidney
pathologic findings of wegener's granulomatosis
Remission:
40% cytoplasmic anti-neutrophilic antibody positive C-ANCA
Pathologic Triad
Parenchymal necrosis - center
Vasculitis
Granulomatous inflammation - border
Pathologic variants
Eosinophil-rich
Bronchiolocentric
Solitary
Capillaritis
Diffuse pulmonary hemorrhage
necrotizing capillaritis

associated with?
Collagen vascular disease
SLE
Wegener’s granulomatosis
Henoch-schonlein purpura
Cryoglobulinemia
Goodpasture’s
pathologic findings in necrotizing capillaritis
Pathologic findings:
Focal necrosis of alveolar septa
Neutrophilic infiltration
Fragmented neutrophils
Capillary fibrin thrombi
Interstitial hemorrhage
Chrug-strauss syndrome
Allergic Angiitis and Granulomatosis
Asthma
Systemic vasculitis
Paranasal sinus abnormalities
Eosinophilia
Elevated serum IgE
p-ANCA
pathologic features of Chrug-strauss syndrome
Pathologic Features:
Eosinophilic infiltrates
Granulomatous infiltration
Necrotizing vasculitis
pulmonary hypertension

risk factors
Heart disease, chronic thromboembolic disease, underlying pulmonary disorder
Risk factors:
F>>M
30s female, 40s male
Familial
Autosomal dominant
Drugs
Diseases – HIV
pathologic features of pulmonary hypertension
Pathologic features:
Medial hypertrophy and muscularization of arterioles
Cellular proliferation of intima
Concentric laminar intimal fibrosis
Fibrinoid necrosis
Dilatation lesions
Plexiform lesions in severe
Diffuse alveolar damage (DAD)

clinical presentation
Acute onset of dyspnea
Rapid respiratory failure
Patchy, bilateral with ground glass appearance
hamman rich syndrome
variant of AIP
Diffuse alveolar damage pathology
Pathology:
Temporally homogenous – all damage occurs at the same time
Stages:
(1)Exudative Stage –
Interstitial edema
Type I pneumocyte sloughing – undergo extensive necrosis and slough off alveolar surface
Denudation of underlying basement membrane becomes surface for hyaline membrane attachment
Hyaline membranes
Edema and exudation of plasma proteins into alveolar interstitium and spaces
Eosinophilic membranes line alveolar surfaces consists of precipitated plasma proteins, cytoplasmic, and nuclear debris from sloughed epithelial cells


(2)Organizing Stage
Proliferating type II pneumocytes - hyperplastic
Interstitial fibroblasts – loose early fibrosis in the alveolar spetal walls
Focal airspace organization
cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) also called (BOOP)

clinical presentation
Clinical Presentation:
Subacute onset of cough, dyspnea, fever
Multiple patchy airspace opacities bilaterally
BOOP timing
homogenous
DAD timing
heterogenous
BOOP histology
Histology:
Patchy – adjacent to normal lung zones
Intraluminal loose/immature connective tissue (like organizing fibrosis) in distal airspace
Particularly in alveolar ducts
Preservation of lung architecture
Minimal or lack of interstitial connective tissue/fibroblasts
No hyaline membranes
Intraluminal plug of immature connective tissue filling alveolar duct
Fibroblasts lack mature collagen fibers
BOOP tx
steroids
Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage (DAH)
Goodpastures

Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis
Goodpasture's syndrome

clinical presentation
M>>>F
Young adults
Smokers
HLA: DRw15, DQw6
Anti-body mediated immune reaction to basement membrane IgG in both lung and kidney
Goodpasture's findings
Hemoptysis with:
Acute and or chronic hemorrhage
Anemia
Renal insufficiency
Diffuse lung infiltrates
Linear IgG staining of basement membrane
Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis

clinical
M:F is equal
Adolescents and children
Hemoptysis and chronic hemorrhage – sometimes acute
No renal involvement
Etiology unknown
idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis pathologic finding
hemosiderin-laden macrophages in alveolar spaces
coarse granules of hemosiderin fill alveolar spaces
Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis (PAP

clinical
Predominantly affects adults 30-50
Associated with autoimmunity, dust, drugs, infection, idiopathic

Clinical presentation:
Cough – non productive or productive with expectoration of gelatinous material
Impaired clearance of alveolar surfactant by alveolar macrophages
GM-CSF implicated – defective alveolar macrophage function
IgG to GM-CSF
Non-caseating granulomatous lung disease
sarcoidosis
sarcodiosis clinical presentation
Clinical Presentation:
Multiorgan disease: lungs, lymphatics, liver, spleen, eyes
Wide variety of symptoms – asymptomatic the most common
Symptomatic – dyspnea with or without exertion, nonproductive cough, nonspecific chest pain

Young adults: 20-40
F>M
African Americans most common in US
Irish and Scandinavians outside US
sarcoidosis dx
Noncaseating granulomas in lymphatic and bronchovascular distribution
Exclusion of other disorders
etiology pathology of sarcoidosis
Etio/Path:
Unknown
Hieightened/exaggerated helper Tcell type I immune response
Depression of cutaneous delayed type hypersensitivity
Elevated circulating immune complexes and signs of B cell hyperactivity
sarcoidosis findings
Findings:
Symmetric, bilateral hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy
Mild reticulonodular interstitial infiltrate in perihilar regions
Nodules with irregular borders along pulmonary vessels and bronchi

Later stages: interstitial fibrosis
Cavitary lesions
Honeycomb change
Subpleural cysts in apex
sarcoidosis histology
Histology:

Non caseating granulomas
Well formed or tightly packed, may become hyalinized
Cluster of epitheliod cells and giant cells
Distributed along lymphatic routes
All cultures are negative
Vasculitis
Punctuate necrosis
Inclusions: Schaumann bodies, Asteroid bodies, birefringent calcium carbonate, calcium oxalate crystals, microcalcifications, hamazaki-wesenberg bodies
Infiltrating pleura and the interlobular septa surrounded by concentric fibrosis
sarcoidosis complications and tx
Complications: interstitial fibrosis with honeycombing in advanced stages
Cavitation/cystic changes
Aspergillomas

Tx.
Usually remits, but can give steroids
At risk for aspergilloma
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis

clinical
Diffuse
Interstitial granulomatous lung disease
Immunologic reaction to inhaled organize antigens
Immune complex mediate – Type III and
T cell mediated, delayed Type IV hypersensitivity
IgG antibodies in serum common
Symptoms can develop hours, weeks, or months after exposure
Mild or subclinical – is the first reaction to exposure (need multiple exposure to be severe)
Farmers lung, bird fancier lung
hypersensitivity pneumonitis pathology
Pathology:
Temporally homogenous
Acute HP
Neutrophilic infiltrate in alveoli
Sometimes pattern of DAD
Subacute HP
Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis, granulomas, organizing pneumonia, fibrosis
Chronic HP
Most biopsies performed at this stage
Foamy macrophages
Progression
Pleural fibrosis
timing of hypersensitivity pneumonitis
homogenous
Cryptostroma corticale
– Maple Bark Strippers Disease
Nodules of interstitial inflammation centered on bronchioles
dx of hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Dx. Traid of chronic…by exclusion of others first
Temporally uniform chronic interstitial inflammation with peribronchiolar accentuation
Bronchiolocentric cellular interstitial pneumonia
Poorly formed granulomas
Foci of BOOP/COP
tx of hypersensitivity pneuomonitis
Removal of causative antigen
Steroids as last resort
usual interstitial pneumonia UIP

clinical presentation
Insidious onset of dyspnea with chronic progressive downhill course
M>>Females
50-70 years
pathogenesis of UIP
Pathogenesis:
Intrinsic abnormality of tissue repair
TGF Beta1 and caveolin 1 suggested role
physical findings of UIP
Physical Findings:
Tachypneic – with rapid shallow breaths
Crackles bibasilar, late inspiratory, fine crackles
Clubbing, pulmonary hypertension and cyanosis late
histology of UIP
Arterial gas – hypoxemia at rest
Histology:
Patchy lung involvement
Temporally heterogeneous
Most prominent in subpleural and peripheral lobular regions
Dense fibrosis with remodeling of lung architecture with honeycombing
No granulomas
Usually lower lobes
dx of UIP
Dx.
Requires open lung biopsy
Cannot sue transbronchial biopsy
Can have lung carcinoma
tx of UIP
Tx.
Steroids
But in general bad prognosis
non-specific interstitial pneumonia
NSIP

clinical presentation
40-50 year olds
F>M
Correlated with smoking
Subacute for weeks to months

Exertional dyspnea
Cough
Fever
Crackles
Clubbing
radiographic findings in NSIP
Radiographic:
Variable and nonspecific
Ground glass opacities of lower lobes
Mimics DIP and HP
NSIP pathologic findings
Pathologic Findings:
Temporally homogeneous
Inflammation and fibrosis
Diffuse lung involvement
Architecture of lung is preserved
Alveolar walls are uniformly thickened by fibrosis
NSIP histology
Histology:
Dense or loose interstitial fibrosis lacking temporal heterogeneity
Lung architecture preserved
Mild inflammation
No fibroblastic foci
Lack of airway centricity
Granulomas and eosinophils
Lack of viral inclusions and organisms
NSIP tx
steroids
dx of NSIP
by exclusion
desquamative interstitial pneumonia DIP

clinical
90% smokers
Clinical presentation:
Subacute for weeks or months
Insidious dyspnea and cough
M>F
40s/50s
DIP physical findings
Physical exam:
Crackles
Clubbing
Lung Function:
Restrictive
Bilateral ground glass in lower
Irregular linear in subpleural regions
DIP histology
Histology:
Diffuse, marked, intra-alveolar macrophage accumulation
Minimal fibrosis
No scaring fibrosis – get remodeling of lung architecture
Temporally homogeneous
Thickened alveolar wall
Focal DIP reactions around mass lesions – infarcts and tumors
DIP Tx
Tx.
Stop smoking
Corticosteroids
Lung transplant
Prognosis:
Good