Edwards C W, Carlile A
Thorax. 1982 Nov;37(11):828-33. doi: 10.1136/thx.37.11.828.
In a morphometric study of the main, lobar, and segmental bronchi of the left lung in nine cases of cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis the quantity of gland was found to be significantly greater than in a group of normal controls, and similar to that of a group of patients with chronic bronchitis. The quantity of muscle was also increased, amounts in the segmental bronchi being higher than in the bronchitic patients. The cause of these changes is uncertain, but they seem likely to be due to proximal extension of repeated and persistent infection of the lung parenchyma.
在一项对9例隐源性纤维性肺泡炎患者左肺主支气管、叶支气管和段支气管的形态测量研究中，发现腺体数量显著多于一组正常对照者，且与一组慢性支气管炎患者的腺体数量相似。肌肉数量也增加了，段支气管中的肌肉量高于支气管炎患者。这些变化的原因尚不确定，但似乎可能是由于肺实质反复持续感染向近端蔓延所致。
