https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/523839
標題: | Evolution of pulmonary pathology in severe acute respiratory syndrome | 作者: | Hsiao C.-H. Wu M.-Z. Chen C.-L. PO-REN HSUEH Hsieh S.-W. PAN-CHYR YANG Su I.-J. |
公開日期: | 2005 | 卷: | 104 | 期: | 2 | 起(迄)頁: | 75-81 | 來源出版物: | Journal of the Formosan Medical Association | 摘要: | Background and Purpose: Severe acute respiratory 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 on 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 died 11 days 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 II 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 in 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 in 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. |
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ISSN: | 0929-6646 | SDG/關鍵字: | immunoglobulin; ribavirin; steroid; adult; aged; anamnesis; article; artificial ventilation; autopsy; biopsy; case report; clinical feature; Coronavirus; disease course; female; heart infarction; histopathology; human; hyaline membrane disease; lung edema; lymphocytic infiltration; male; pneumonia; reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; severe acute respiratory syndrome; symptomatology; Taiwan; throat culture; virus infection; X ray; lung; middle aged; pathology; SARS coronavirus; severe acute respiratory syndrome; Adult; Aged; Biopsy; Female; Humans; Lung; Male; Middle Aged; SARS Virus; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
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