panacinar emphysema

panacinar emphysema
panlobular emphysema one of the principal types of pulmonary emphysema, characterized by relatively uniform enlargement of air spaces throughout the acini. Called also chronic hypertrophic, diffuse, ectatic, generalized, or vesicular e.

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