PAS stain of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

Microscopy of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from a patient with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis shows large acellular eosinophilic bodies in a background of eosinophilic granules.

Courtesy of Talmadge E King, Jr, MD.

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