Assessment of lung parenchymal destruction by using routine histologic tissue sections.
We have assessed emphysema by using routine histologic sections. The assessment is simple and quick and has little interobserver variation. It is well related to conventional assessments of emphysema and abnormalities of pulmonary function tests. We conclude that the method is suited to routine diagnosis at autopsy and to clinicopathologic correlative studies.
Nagai
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Department of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan.
Yamawaki
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Thurlbeck
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Takizawa
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D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006652:Histological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000473:pathology; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000473:pathology; D014797:Vital Capacity