Hyaline membrane disease

 

 

If hyaline membranes form in a patient who also has severe hyperbilirubinemia, they will take show bile

staining.  This is now rarely seen due to lesser frequency of both hyaline membrane disease and severe

hyperbilirubinemia. In this case, pneumonia was also present as indicated by neutrophils in the airspaces.

 

 

1 minute clinical correlation

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