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    Title: Evolution of pulmonary pathology in severe acute respiratory syndrome
    Other Titles: SARS的肺臟病理演變
    Authors: Hsiao, CH;Wu, MZ;Chen, CL;Hsueh, PR;Hsueh, SW;Yang, PC;Su, IJ
    Contributors: Division of Clinical Research
    Abstract: Background and Purpose: Severe acute respirator), syndrome (SARS) is characterized by fever with rapid progression to acute respiratory distress and it is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Transmission patterns suggest spread by respiratory droplet or close person-to-person contact. To elucidate the correlation of clinical presentation to the pathogenesis and course of the disease, we reviewed the pulmonary pathologic specimens of SARS patients taken at different stages of the disease. Methods: Four "probable" cases of SARS were studied. SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) infection was demonstrated using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction in all 4 patients. The pulmonary specimens were taken oil day 7 after symptom onset in patient 1, day 11 in patient 2, day 17 in patient 3, and day 21 in patient 4. Results: The autopsy lung tissue from patient 1, who died 7 days after symptoms onset due to the complication of acute myocardial infarction, revealed mild histologic change in the lung. Only focal pulmonary edema or hemorrhage was seen. In the second patient, who (tied I I clays after symptom onset, severe acute alveolar damage was characterized by patchy or diffuse lung edema, hyaline membrane formation, and scarce lymphocytic infiltration. The lymphocytes were mostly CD3-positive and CD20-negative. In the third patient, biopsy specimen taken 17 days after symptom onset showed patches of organizing pneumonia with reactive fibroblastic proliferation, more abundant type 11 pneumocytes and clustering of CD68-positive macrophages within the alveolar spaces. Few CD68-positive syncytial multinucleated giant cells were also seen in the specimens but no viral inclusion body could be identified in these cells. The lung biopsy specimen from patient 4 taken 21 days after symptom onset showed characteristics of the fibrotic stage, with significant myofibroblastic proliferation ill the alveolar space and interstitium resulting in loss of pulmonary architecture. The number of CD3-positive lymphocytes and of CD68-positive macrophages in this specimen from a patient ill the fibrotic phase of diffuse alveolar damage (DAD) whose condition deteriorated was less than in the specimen from case 3 who was in the early proliferative phase of DAD and eventually recovered. Conclusions: The histologic evolution of SARS coincided with the different stages of DAD: acute, proliferative organizing, and fibrotic stages. SARS cannot be differentiated from the other etiologies of DAD by morphologic examination alone. The absence of DAD does not rule Out the possibility of SARS-CoV infection, particularly in the early stage of the disease.
    Keywords: Medicine, General & Internal
    Date: 2005-02
    Relation: Journal of the Formosan Medical Association. 2005 Feb;104(2):75-81.
    Link to: http://www.airitilibrary.com/searchdetail.aspx?DocIDs=09296646-200502-104-2-75-81-a
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    Cited Times(WOS): https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000229250700001
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