PEDIATRICS Vol. 74 No. 2 August 1984, pp. 221-223
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Alveolar Macrophages in Perinatal Infants

Elizabeth Alenghat MD1 and John R. Esterly MD1

1 From the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago

The presence of alveolar macrophages in the neonatal lung at the time of autopsy is correlated with the presence of pulmonary lesions and with the duration of postnatal life. Alveolar macrophages were noted at 20 weeks of gestation in infants with congenital pneumonia, but were not present in most full-term infants who were stillborn. They were found in nearly all infants who survived for 48 hours irrespective of pulmonary lesions or gestational age.

Key Words: alveolar macrophages • pulmonary lesions

Accepted on November 16, 1983