Pathological Changes in Lungs of Rabbits Exposed to Passive Smoking
Abstract
This study revealed the presence of gross and histopathological changes in rabbit lungs exposed to passive smoking lesions, have represented squamous metaplasia in epithelial cells lining alveoli and bronchioles with infiltration of inflammatory cells around bronchus and bronchioles as well as deposition of lipid droplets in tuinca intema and tunica media of pulmonary alveolar wall with fibroelastosis.