System: Lower Respiratory : Lung: Reactive: Mucostasis
System: Lower Respiratory : Lung: Reactive: Mucostasis
dilated terminal airways lined by cuboidal to columnar epithelium, with mucin extravasation Image
Amphophilic mucin fills the dilated airways which are lined by bronchiolar metaplasia. Image
Common in cigarette smokers, who may have underlying COPD or respiratory bronchiolitis.
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