Morphometric study of emphysema: an hypothesis on the evolution of the anatomic damage of the disease.
Mathematical analysis of morphometric studies on the destruction of pulmonary tissue in cases of centrilobular emphysema has been used to identify degrees and localization of structural damage. From the data, an hypothesis of sequential, cumulative, individual destructive events has been developed to explain the distributive and progressive parenchymal changes in the lungs.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000473:pathology*