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''' | '''Constrictive bronchiolitis''' is rare [[medical lung disease]]. It is also known as '''bronchiolitis obliterans''', '''obliterative broncholitis''',<ref name=pmid16493150/> and '''bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome''' (abbreviated '''BOS''').<ref name=pmid18707652>{{Cite journal | last1 = Sato | first1 = M. | last2 = Keshavjee | first2 = S. | title = Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome: alloimmune-dependent and -independent injury with aberrant tissue remodeling. | journal = Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg | volume = 20 | issue = 2 | pages = 173-82 | month = | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2008.05.002 | PMID = 18707652 }}</ref> | ||
It | It should '''not''' be confused with ''idiopathic [[bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia]] (BOOP)'', and old term for ''cryptogenic organizing pneumonia''. | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||
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*Toxins. | *Toxins. | ||
*Idiopathic. | *Idiopathic. | ||
==Radiology== | |||
*Hyperlucent lung (due to air trapping). | |||
==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
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Notes: | Notes: | ||
*Bronchioles = noncartilagenous airways usu. < 2 mm in diameter.<ref name=pmid16493150/> | *Bronchioles = noncartilagenous airways usu. < 2 mm in diameter.<ref name=pmid16493150/> | ||
*May be patchy. | |||
*Diagnosis should be considered if the airway is smaller than the accompanying artery. | |||
===Images=== | ===Images=== | ||