The lung in cystic fibrosis: a quantitative study including prevalence of pathologic findings among different age groups
CWM Bedrossian, SD Greenberg, DB Singer… - Human pathology, 1976 - Elsevier
The autopsies of 82 patients with cystic fibrosis were reviewed with respect to pathologic
changes in the lungs and their respective prevalence among different age groups. Although
bronchitis, mucopurulent plugging, and bronchopneumonia were almost universally present
among children of all ages, epithelial metaplasia and bronchiectasis were rarer among
infants and progressively more prevalent in older age groups. Emphysema was absent in
patients under two years of age and affected 11 per cent of the patients two to six years of …
changes in the lungs and their respective prevalence among different age groups. Although
bronchitis, mucopurulent plugging, and bronchopneumonia were almost universally present
among children of all ages, epithelial metaplasia and bronchiectasis were rarer among
infants and progressively more prevalent in older age groups. Emphysema was absent in
patients under two years of age and affected 11 per cent of the patients two to six years of …