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alteration to type II pneumocytes following lung injury that results in increased numbers of these cells occurring in clusters and having morphological alterations including: cuboidal shapes, increased nucleocytoplasmic ratio, enlarged nuclei, prominent nucleoli, and various alterations in their nuclear chromatin
Comment:
reactive type II pneumocyte hyperplasia develops as a response to alveolar injury in various pulmonary disorders, esp. in the setting of inflammation and interstitial fibrosis and during the healing phase of diffuse alveolar damage