病理
医学
弥漫性肺泡损伤
肺
肺活检
薄壁组织
寻常性间质性肺炎
病态的
肺炎
特发性肺纤维化
间质性肺病
活检
内科学
急性呼吸窘迫
作者
Claudia Ravaglia,Claudio Doglioni,Marco Chilosi,Sara Piciucchi,Alessandra Dubini,Giulio Rossi,Federica Pedica,Silvia Puglisi,Luca Donati,Sara Tomassetti,Venerino Poletti
出处
期刊:The European respiratory journal
[European Respiratory Society]
日期:2022-03-17
卷期号:60 (4): 2102411-2102411
被引量:34
标识
DOI:10.1183/13993003.02411-2021
摘要
Some patients experience pulmonary sequelae after SARS-CoV-2 infection, ranging from self-limited abnormalities to major lung diseases. Morphological analysis of lung tissue may help our understanding of pathogenic mechanisms and help to provide consistent personalised management. The aim of this study was to ascertain morphological and immunomolecular features of lung tissue. Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy was carried out in patients with persistent symptoms and computed tomography suggestive of residual lung disease after recovery from SARS-CoV-2 infection. 164 patients were referred for suspected pulmonary sequelae after COVID-19; 10 patients with >5% parenchymal lung disease underwent lung biopsy. The histological pattern of lung disease was not homogeneous and three different case clusters could be identified, which was mirrored by their clinical and radiological features. Cluster 1 ("chronic fibrosing") was characterised by post-infection progression of pre-existing interstitial pneumonias. Cluster 2 ("acute/subacute injury") was characterised by different types and grades of lung injury, ranging from organising pneumonia and fibrosing nonspecific interstitial pneumonia to diffuse alveolar damage. Cluster 3 ("vascular changes") was characterised by diffuse vascular increase, dilatation and distortion (capillaries and venules) within otherwise normal parenchyma. Clusters 2 and 3 had immunophenotypical changes similar to those observed in early/mild COVID-19 pneumonias (abnormal expression of STAT3 in hyperplastic pneumocytes and PD-L1, IDO and STAT3 in endothelial cells). This is the first study correlating histological/immunohistochemical patterns with clinical and radiological pictures of patients with post-COVID lung disease. Different phenotypes with potentially different underlying pathogenic mechanisms have been identified.
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