IPLab:Lab 12:COPD
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This gross photograph of lung taken at autopsy demonstrates the degree of emphysematous change (arrows). Also note that the rest of the lung is consolidated, indicating a pneumonia.
This is a higher-power view of the lung showing the emphysematous change.
This low-power photomicrograph of the lung demonstrates the enlarged air spaces indicative of emphysematous change.
This higher-power photomicrograph of the lung shows more clearly the enlarged air spaces indicative of emphysematous change.
This gross photograph of the heart taken at autopsy demonstrates right ventricular hypertrophy and dilatation (arrows).
Consolidation is the filling of lung air spaces with exudate--this is a sign of pneumonia.
In alcoholics, aspiration pneumonia is common--bacteria enter the lung via aspiration of gastric contents.