Occupational Lung Diseases — Flashcards

Pneumoconioses are due to release of _____ factors from alveolar macrophages that have engulfed foreign, fibrogenic particles

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis shows accumulation of a periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) stain-positive _____ that is derived from surfactant

_____ carcinoma of the lung may produce PTHrP leading to hyper-calcemia

_____ is the classic form of lung transplant rejection and presents with lymphocytic infiltrate and fibrosed airways on biopsy

_____ is a pneumoconiosis that presents with noncaseating granulomas in the lung, hilar lymph nodes, and systemic organs

_____ emphysema involves respiratory bronchioles of the lung

Asbestos bodies contain _____ and thus may be visualized using a Prussian blue stain

Histopathology showing the _____ effect are suggestive of a small cell carcinoma of the lung.

_____ bodies are seen in cryptogenic organizing pneumonia.

The diagnosis is _____ carcinoma of the lung.