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With every breath we take, we expose the lungs to a myriad of insults from the outside world. The patterns of injury that result encompass a broad spectrum of neoplastic and nonneoplastic pulmonary diseases. This chapter reviews the salient clinical and pathologic features of these diseases and summarizes special studies, including immunohistochemical, molecular, and genetic tests that may be helpful in diagnosing these diseases.
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Farver, C.F., Arrossi, A.V. (2016). Lung and Pleura. In: Cheng, L., Bostwick, D. (eds) Essentials of Anatomic Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23380-2_28
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