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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Asbestosis Photomicrograph illustrates a relatively acellular fibrosing interstitial pneumonia in a patient with asbestosis. Alveolar septa are thickened by dense collagen deposition (arrow) resembling that seen in usual intersititial pneumonia. Courtesy of Jeffrey L Myers, MD. Normal lung Low power photomicrograph of normal lung tissue shows open alveoli with thin, capillary- containing interstitial spaces. An artery (A) is identifiable by its thick, muscular wall; the accompanying bronchus (B) contains mucoid material and is lined by columnar respiratory epithelial cells. Courtesy of Steven E Weinberger, MD.