bronchoalveolar lavage BAL
- related: Pulmonary Diseases
- tags: #literature #pulmonology
- normal BAL is macrophage predominant
- BAL checking for immunocompromised panel
- lymphocytic BAL points to inflammatory etiologies
- neutrophilic BAL points to infectious or lung injury etiologies
- eosinophilic BAL points to atypical infections and atopic conditions
Lung disease: histology findings on BAL
- 1.RB-ILD: 2.tan pigmented macrophages
- 1.DAH: 2.hemosiderin laden macrophages
- 1.amiodarone toxicity: 2.foamy alveolar macrophages
- 1.EVALI: 2.lipid laden macrophages
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eosinophilic BAL points to atypical infections and atopic conditions
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DAH bronchoscopy shows hemosiderin laden macophages
- BAL shows >20% hemosiderin laden macrophages (bronchoalveolar lavage BAL)
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lymphocytic BAL points to inflammatory etiologies
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BAL checking for immunocompromised panel
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neutrophilic BAL points to infectious or lung injury etiologies
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normal BAL is macrophage predominant
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Footnotes
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An Official ATS Clinical Practice Guideline: The Clinical Utility of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Cellular Analysis in Interstitial Lung Disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012;185(9) ↩