Respiratory Pathology for Medical II Students

Lab 2.b Pulmonary Aspergillosis (glass slide 28-D0552)

Slides A & B | Slides C & D

Slide A
Aspergillus species may infect abnormal airways (e.g. old tuberculous or bronchiectatic cavities) and remain non-invasive. In immunocompromised patients, however, this fungus may invade the lung parenchyma, causing a severe, often necrotizing, pneumonia. In this section taken from the lung of an organ transplant patient, the bronchial lumen is virtually filled by a mass of fungal hyphae.

aspergillus

Slide B
At higher power, note the hyphae invading the bronchial wall.

hyphae

*Questions:

1.What are hyaline membranes? 
2.What other organisms commonly cause lung infection in immunosuppressed patients?

Digital Legends for Labs/Cases
Lab 1
1.a | 1.b | 1.c | 1.d | 1.e | 1.f | 1.g | 1.h
Lab 2
2.a | 2.b | 2.c | 2.d | 2.e | 2.f | 2.g
Lab 3
3.a | 3.b | 3.c | 3.d | 3.e

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