Lymphoreticular aggregates in infant's lungs

The postnatal development of lymphoreticular aggregates and lymph nodes in infants' lungs.

A quantitative study has been made of standardized sections taken from the right middle lobe of 316 children's lungs. Lungs showing no pathological state showed that lymph nodes are present at birth and these increase in prominence if not in numbers throughout the first year after birth. Lymphoreticular aggregates are not present among the alveoli of the normal infant lung at birth. These first...

Increased incidence of lymphoreticular aggregates in lungs of children found unexpectedly dead.

Emery, J. L., and Dinsdale, F. (1974). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 49, 107. Increased incidence oflymphoreticular aggregates in lungs of children found unexpectedly dead. A quantitative study was carried out of the number of lymphoreticular aggregates in standard sections of the lungs of 316 children. Of these, 128 showed no recognizable lung disease, 104 of whom presented as sudden unexp...

Lymphoreticular dysfunction in idiopathic steatorrhoea.

Lymphoreticular diseases in Nigerians.

BACKGROUND The lymphoreticular system plays a major role in both the innate and adaptive immune responses. This study reviews retrospectively cases of lymphoreticular diseases seen at a tertiary institution in Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective study in which biopsies from the bone marrow, spleen, lymph nodes and extranodal lymphoid tissues reported within a period of 16 y...

Lymphocyte aggregates persist and accumulate in the lungs of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

BACKGROUND Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a fatal lung disease with no known effective therapy. It is often assumed, but has not been objectively evaluated, that pulmonary inflammation subsides as IPF progresses. The goal of this work was to assess changes in the degree of inflammatory cell infiltration, particularly lymphocytic infiltration, over the duration of illness in IPF. METHO...