Human Pathology
Volume 39, Issue 8 , Pages 1234-1238 , August 2008

Organizing pneumonia and pulmonary lymphatic architecture in diffuse alveolar damage

  • Rajni V. Mandal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    • ,
  • Eugene J. Mark, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    • ,
  • Richard L. Kradin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    • Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Departments of Pathology and Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.

Received 10 October 2007 ,Revised 10 December 2007 ,Accepted 4 January 2008.

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PII: S0046-8177(08)00011-7

doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2008.01.002

Human Pathology
Volume 39, Issue 8 , Pages 1234-1238 , August 2008

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