Figure 1
Figure 1. Histologic findings in cases with fatal retinoic acid syndrome. (A) Histologic appearance of normal lung tissue. L indicates lung alveolae in normal lung. *Normal neutrophil in microvasculature. (B) Lung tissue showing infiltration of alveolae with leukocytes from a patient who died of retinoic acid syndrome. w indicates myeloid cells in the airspace (most leukocytes to left of “w”); the lobated nuclei of myeloid cells is prominently seen. Arrows indicate fibrinous exudate resulting from vascular leak of serum fibrin. Data from Tallman et al.37

Histologic findings in cases with fatal retinoic acid syndrome. (A) Histologic appearance of normal lung tissue. L indicates lung alveolae in normal lung. *Normal neutrophil in microvasculature. (B) Lung tissue showing infiltration of alveolae with leukocytes from a patient who died of retinoic acid syndrome. w indicates myeloid cells in the airspace (most leukocytes to left of “w”); the lobated nuclei of myeloid cells is prominently seen. Arrows indicate fibrinous exudate resulting from vascular leak of serum fibrin. Data from Tallman et al.37 

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