Emphysema of the Lungs--II

Lack of type II cells and emphysema in human lungs.

Ten surgically removed human lungs or lobes were studied, to assess the relationship between the abundance of type II alveolar epithelial cells and the degree of emphysema. Type II cell abundance (total number as well as percentage of the total parenchymal cell population) was determined in sections of randomly selected tissue samples of these lungs or lobes by using a type II cell specific ant...

Congenital Cyst and Emphysema of the Lung

Les auteurs rapportent chez deux nourrissons, l'etude anatomo-clinique d'un cas de kystes alveolaires multiples,et d'un cas d'emphyseme lobaire congenital bilateral.Le troisieme cas concerne un kyste bronchog6nique du poumon gauche,decouvert a l'autopsie d'un nouveau-ne. Dans le quatrieme cas,un emphyseme geant du lobe superieur gauche,decouvert dans un contexte infectieux,a l'age de neuf mois,...

The Last Gasp Ii: Lungs and Thorax

Radiological distribution of pulmonary emphysema. Clinical and physiological features of patients with emphysema of upper or lower zones of lungs.

A pathological study of emphysema of the lungs with chronic bronchitis.