panacinar emphysema


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Related to panacinar emphysema: centrilobular emphysema, Paraseptal emphysema

panacinar emphysema

[‚pan·ə′sin·ər ‚em·fə′sē·mə]
(medicine)
Emphysema characterized by diffuse destruction of one lung.
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Histopathologic Features of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Emphysema Proximal acinar emphysema * Destruction of respiratory bronchioles with relative sparing of distal alveoli Panacinar emphysema * Destruction of respiratory bronchioles through to terminal alveoli Alteration of Respiratory (smoker's) bronchiolitis the airways Inflammation and fibrosis of terminal and respiratory bronchioles Reduction in terminal bronchioles Goblet cell metaplasia Squamous metaplasia Alteration of Intimal thickening with smooth muscle the vasculature proliferation and elastin/collagen deposition Smooth muscle hyperplasia of the media
The Pathology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Progress in the 20th and 21st Centuries
Prolastin, Alpha1-Proteinase Inhibitor (Human) is indicated for chronic augmentation and maintenance therapy of individuals having congenital deficiency of alpha-1 PI (alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency) with clinically demonstrable panacinar emphysema. In clinical studies with Prolastin, reactions were observed in 1.16% of infusions, the most common events being fever (0.77%), light-headedness (0.19%), and dizziness (0.19%).
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