Table 2 Pathological diagnoses
From: Open lung biopsy in early-stage acute respiratory distress syndrome
Diagnosis | n |
|---|---|
Specific | 18 (44%) |
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia | 4 |
Metastatic malignancy | 3 |
Bacterial pneumonia | 3 |
Fungal infection | 2 |
Unusual interstitial pneumonitis | 2 |
Hypersensitive pneumonitis | 1 |
Mycobacterial tuberculosis | 1 |
Cytomegalovirus pneumonitis | 1 |
Metastatic calcification | 1 |
Nonspecific | 23 (56%) |
Diffuse alveolar damage | 12 |
Acute stage | 2 |
Fibroproliferative stage | 10 |
Fibrosis | 4 |
Interstitial pneumonitis | 3 |
Pulmonary edema | 2 |
Nonspecific interstitial pneumonitis | 1 |
Organizing pneumonia | 1 |