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Desquamative pneumonia. Alveolar spaces filled with macrophages with hemosiderin pigment (hematoxylin-eosin, original magnification x100).
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The results revealed areas of patched fibrosis with few fibroblastic nodules, foci of intense intra-alveolar histiocytic infiltrate typical of desquamative pneumonia, and signs of recent intra-alveolar hemorrhage with thrombus and diffuse siderosis (Figure 1).