PURPOSE To determine the nature of hyaline membranes in different manifestations of diffuse alveolar damage, [pulmonary and extrapulmonary acute respiratory distress syndrome], and idiopathic [acute interstitial pneumonia]. MATERIALS AND METHODS Pulmonary specimens were obtained from 17 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome and 9 patients with acute interstitial pneumonia. They we...

lipoid proteinosis (lp) is a rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by the deposition of an amorphous hyaline material in the skin, mucosa and viscera. the classic manifestation is onset in infancy with a hoarse cry due to laryngeal infiltration. skin and mucous changes develope, and the disease follows a slowly progressive course. in this case report, a 49 year-old man presented with a...

Eosinophilic inclusions in the cytoplasm of protoplasmic astrocytes of the neocortex, usually in the clinical setting of epilepsy and/or psychomotor retardation, were first recognized and illustrated by Alois Alzheimer in 1910. Traditional special stains have failed to elucidate the specific nature of these inclusions. Ultrastructurally, the material was composed predominantly of highly electro...

The high mortality of respiratory distress syndrome in premature infants and the relative ineffectiveness of treatment' make two recent reports of special interest. They are clinical studies2 3 which attempt to clarify the role of corticosteroids in prevention and treatment. New forms of treatment for this puzzling disorder have sometimes been introduced without adequate trials, so that it is h...