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Table 2 A detailed histopathological features of HP cases

From: Clinico- pathologic presentation of hypersensitivity pneumonitis in Egyptian patients: a multidisciplinary study

Histological Features n (%)   n = 43 (%)
Interstitial pneumonia 36 (83.7%) Centrilobular 8 (18.6%)
Diffuse 11 (25.5%)
Centrilobular and diffuse 17 (39.5%)
Cellular bronchiolitis  (Fig. 4) 36 (83.7%) Lymphoplasmacytic 32 (74.4%)
Histiocytes and multinucleated giant cells 4 (9.3%)
Interstitial granulomas (Fig. 5) 12 (27.9%)
Isolated Multinucleated Giant Cells (IMNGCs) (Fig. 3) 38 (88.3%) Interstitial 14 (32.5%)
Air spaces 24 (55.8%)
Organizing Pneumonia (OP) 4 (9.3%)
Fibrosis 10 (23.2%) Interstitial (NSIPa- like) 4 (9.3%)
Peribronchiolar 3 (6.9%)
UIPa-like 2 (4.6%)
  1. aNSIP: Non specific interstitial pneumonia, UIP: Usual interstitial pneumonia