Pneumocytic hyperplasia

Pneumocytic hyperplasia is an hyperplasia of pneumocytes lining pulmonary alveoli.

Types

• Pulmonary atypical adenomatous hyperplasia
• Multifocal micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

References

1. Behnes, C. L.; Schütze, G; Engelke, C; Bremmer, F; Gunawan, B; Radzun, H. J.; Schweyer, S (2013). "13-year-old tuberous sclerosis patient with renal cell carcinoma associated with multiple renal angiomyolipomas developing multifocal micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia". BMC Clinical Pathology. 13: 4. doi:10.1186/1472-6890-13-4. PMC 3568416. PMID 23379654.
2. Ishii, M; Asano, K; Kamiishi, N; Hayashi, Y; Arai, D; Haraguchi, M; Sugiura, H; Naoki, K; Tasaka, S; Soejima, K; Sayama, K; Betsuyaku, T (2012). "Tuberous sclerosis diagnosed by incidental computed tomography findings of multifocal micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia: A case report". Journal of Medical Case Reports. 6 (1): 352. doi:10.1186/1752-1947-6-352. PMC 3512476. PMID 23072249.
3. Miravet Sorribes, L; Mancheño Franch, N; Batalla Bautista, L (2013). "Multifocal micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia in a patient with tuberous sclerosis". Archivos de Bronconeumología. 49 (1): 36–7. doi:10.1016/j.arbres.2012.06.006. PMID 22884294.
4. Shintani, Y; Ohta, M; Iwasaki, T; Ikeda, N; Tomita, E; Nagano, T; Kawahara, K (2010). "A case of micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia diagnosed through surgical resection". Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 16 (1): 45–7. PMID 20190710.
5. Kobashi, Y; Sugiu, T; Mouri, K; Irei, T; Nakata, M; Oka, M (2008). "Multifocal micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia associated with tuberous sclerosis: Differentiation from multiple atypical adenomatous hyperplasia". Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology. 38 (6): 451–4. doi:10.1093/jjco/hyn042. PMID 18535095.