Diffuse interstitial fibrosing pneumonitis and adenovirus infection.
With electron microscopy, adenovirus particles, which were almost round, variable in density, and 60-80 mmu in diameter, were observed in the nuclei of type II alveolar epithelial cells, infiltrated plasma cells and alveolar macrophages of a man with chronic interstitial fibrosing pneumonitis. The immunofluorescent technique also suggested adenovirus infection.
D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007181:Inclusion Bodies, Viral; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology