@article{ref1,
title="Pathology of vaping-associated lung injury",
journal="New England journal of medicine",
year="2019",
author="Butt, Yasmeen M. and Smith, Maxwell L. and Tazelaar, Henry D. and Vaszar, Laszlo T. and Swanson, Karen L. and Cecchini, Matthew J. and Boland, Jennifer M. and Bois, Melanie C. and Boyum, James H. and Froemming, Adam T. and Khoor, Andras and Mira-Avendano, Isabel and Patel, Aiyub and Larsen, Brandon T.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="<p>Despite the accumulating data on the clinical and imaging features of vaping-associated lung injury, its pathology is poorly understood. We reviewed lung biopsies from 17 patients (13 men; median age, 35 years [range, 19–67]), all of whom had a history of vaping (71% with marijuana or cannabis oils) and were clinically suspected to have vaping-associated lung injury. Presentation was acute or subacute in all cases, with bilateral pulmonary opacities; all but two patients presented in 2019. Eleven met the criteria for a “confirmed” diagnosis of vaping-related lung injury; the remaining six met the criteria for a “probable” designation. In all cases, histopathological findings showed patterns of acute lung injury, including acute fibrinous pneumonitis, diffuse alveolar damage, or organizing pneumonia, usually bronchiolocentric and accompanied by bronchiolitis ...</p> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0028-4793",
doi="10.1056/NEJMc1913069",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc1913069"
}