Epithelial squames in fetal lungs as an index of respiratory insufficiency

Summary In a series of 260 perinatal autopsies, 30% showed epithelial squames in fetal alveoli. No correlation could be obtained to implicate the presence of alveolar squames as a pathogenic lesion in respiratory insufficiency of the new born. From the Department of Pathology, JIPMER, Pondicherry 6.