- "Typical microscopic features in the
bronchi of asthmatic patients include:
- thickening of the basement
membrane
- inflammatory infiltrates with
eosinophilia
- hypertrophy and hyperplasia of
submucosal glands
- hypertrophy of smooth muscle
- goblet cell metaplasia, and
luminal plugs composed of mucus
- shed epithelial cells
- inflammatory cells
- This slide of a bronchus shows prominent
thickening of the basement"
- Ó 1999 KUMC
Pathology and the University of Kansas, used with
permission; courtesy of Dr. James Fishback,
Department of Pathology, University of Kansas
Medical Center.
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