title: [Radiologic-pathologic correlation of experimental bleomycin-induced pneumonitis].
abstract: Radiologic-pathologic correlative study of bleomycin-induced pneumonitis was performed using inflated and fixed lung specimens. Sixteen male Japanese white rabbits (body weight: 2.0-2.5 kg) were given a single intratracheal injection of 10 mg/kg bleomycin. On day 3, 10, 21, and 42 after bleomycin administration, 4 rabbits were killed, and each lung was inflated and fixed for radiologic-pathologic correlation. Early pathologic change involved a markedly exudative lesion like DAD, corresponding to the finding of markedly increased density on soft X-ray. As intraalveolar organization progressed, fibrotic changes of the alveolar septum, and atelectatic change evolved pathologically, the finding of markedly increased density developed the nature of contraction, and finally the finding of an abnormal linear shadow and air space dilatation were formed. The finding of markedly increased density and slightly increased density, respectively, did not simply correspond to the alveolar lesion and interstitial lesion pathologically. We considered that the degree of increased density depended on the degree of air content in the alveoli of the lesion. The finding of an abnormal linear shadow corresponded to the band of fibrotic tissue, and band-shaped atelectasis of alveoli. The finding of air space dilatation corresponded to the dilatation of respiratory bronchioli and alveolar ducts in the fibrotic stage, and this may show the mechanism of honeycomb lung formation. The finding of a clearly demarcated shadow with linear margins could be recognized as a lobular lesion and disappeared as fibrotic change evolved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Yamaguchi University, School of Medicine.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005355:Fibrosis; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011817:Rabbits; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D001761:Bleomycin