Terms Related to Lung Lavage Fluid

• Interstitial Lung Disease

  A heterogeneous group of noninfectious, nonmalignant disorders of the lower respiratory tract, affecting primarily the alveolar wall structures but also often involving the small airways ...

• Nasal Lavage Fluid

  Fluid obtained by irrigation or washout of the nasal cavity and NASAL MUCOSA. The resulting fluid is used in cytologic and immunologic assays of the ...

• Lung Volume Reduction

  The excision of lung tissue, especially of an entire lung. (Dorland, 28th ed)

• Interstitial Pneumonitis

  A heterogeneous group of noninfectious, nonmalignant disorders of the lower respiratory tract, affecting primarily the alveolar wall structures but also often involving the small airways ...

• Hyperlucent Lung

  Hyperlucency of one lung with decreased size and vascularity of the lung. It is often associated with BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS and with adenovirus infection in childhood.

• Pneumonectomy

  The excision of lung tissue, especially of an entire lung. (Dorland, 28th ed)

• Bronchopulmonary Sequestration

  A developmental anomaly in which a mass of nonfunctioning lung tissue lacks normal connection with the tracheobroncheal tree and receives an anomalous blood supply originating ...