title: Scanning electron microscopic ultrastructural alterations of the pulmonary alveolus in experimental drowning.
abstract: Scanning electron microscopic structural and ultrastructural alterations of alveolar wall in experimental drowning are described. The results obtained confirm the literature's data. Peculiar microlesions affecting Type I alveolar cells, the basement membrane, and sometimes the capillary endothelium could also be observed. Finally, Type II alveolar cells show alterations which could be related with a possible direct action of the drowning liquid.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004332:Drowning / Q000473:pathology*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D051381:Rats