List five substances that can fill the alveolar spaces in disease and give examples of situations in which this may occur.
List five substances that can fill the alveolar spaces in disease and give examples of situations in which this may occur.
1. Water: CHF, neurogenic edema, ARDS
2. Blood: contusion, vasculitis
3. Pus: bacterial pneumonia, tuberculosis
4. Proteinaceous fluid: alveolar proteinosis
5. Cells: bronchoalveolar cell carcinoma, lymphoma, eosinophils