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- A new histological phenomenon was discovered in lung specimens from patients with spontaneous pneumothorax, characterized by inflammatory tissue containing gas.
- An intracellular pathogen was identified within macrophages, resembling micrococci and measuring 2-4 microns in size.
- The gas formation indicated that this microorganism might have caused the pneumothorax by triggering inflammation in the lung tissue.
Article Abstract
Specimens from the lung obtained during the treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax revealed a hitherto unknown histological phenomenon characterised by a histiocytic, inflammatory interstitial pulmonary tissue containing gas. By following the course of the gas an intracellular pathogen could be identified in the macrophages. Its shape resembled that of micrococci, ist size was between 2-4 microns. The ultrastructure within the pathogen suggested gas formation. In these cases the origin of the pneumothorax was attributed to the aerogenous microorganism that had induced a phagocytic inflammation in the pulmonary tissue.
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