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Table 3 The autopsy findings of patients with AE-IPF

From: Autopsy analyses in acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Pathological findings

No. (%)

UIP pattern

52 (100)

Diffuse alveolar damage

41 (78.8)

Alveolar hemorrhage

15 (28.8)

Organizing pneumonia

1 (1.9)

Pulmonary thromboembolism

9 (17.3)

Lung cancer

6 (11.5)

Bronchopneumonia

15 (28.8)

 Bacterial infection

6 (11.5)

 Fungal infection

7 (13.5)

 Cytomegalovirus infection

6 (11.5)

Extrapulmonary findings

 

 Gastrointestinal hemorrhage

13 (25.0)

 Right ventricular hypertrophy

18 (34.6)

  1. Abbreviations: AE-IPF Acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, UIP Usual interstitial pneumonia.