Diffuse inflammation of the lung with the appearance of inflammatory cells in the alveolar spaces, followed by irreversible often progressive fibrosis. disease in the form fibrosis. A number of pathological forms are recognised with different histological appearances. Where no specific cause is identified, the term cryptogenic or idiopathic is applied.
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