Among others, Ushijima et al. considered high peripheral MVD to correlate with more advanced tumor stages and a higher probability of nodal metastasis.35 Nevertheless, CD34+ fibrocytes and fibroblasts have been described in wound healing36 and, focusing on the respiratory system, especially in fibrotic remodeling in asthma,37 chronic obstructive airway disease, emphysema38 and possibly in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.39 Here, CD34 is linked to neoplasm.