Transcription of Interpretation of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cytology
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Interpretation of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cytology Contents Editor Marjolein Drent, MD, PhD. Maastricht, The Netherlands Preface e-mail : Foreword Contributors Introduction Prof. Robert Baughman, MD, PhD. Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. e-mail : History Prof. Ulrich Costabel, MD, PhD. Essen, Germany e-mail: bronchoalveolar lavage Jan A. Jacobs, MD, PhD. Text with illustrations Maastricht, The Netherlands e-mail: Interactive predicting model Rob Lamers, MD, PhD. Predicting program Heerlen, The Netherlands Software to evaluate BALF analysis e-mail: Computer program using BALF.
The cytology of BALF is an analysis of the cellular components of the specimen. The mo st abundant cells retrieved by BAL are the inflammatory cells which line the alveolar space. These include the macrophage, lymphocyte, and neutrophil. The alveolar macrophage is the most common cell in the BALF.
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