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Figure 4

From: Smoking-related interstitial fibrosis (SRIF), pathogenesis and treatment of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP), and transbronchial biopsy in UIP

Figure 4

Characteristic hyalinized collagen deposition in SRIF. (a) In this example, there is hyalinized collagen deposition with no associated inflammation. Lightly pigmented macrophages are present in adjacent airspaces. (b) Another example with typical collagen deposition along with a mild chronic inflammatory cell infiltrate. Intra-alveolar pigmented macrophages are prominent in adjacent airspaces.

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