Difference between revisions of "Constrictive bronchiolitis"

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'''Constrictive_bronchiolitis''' is rare [[medical lung disease]].
'''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 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 should '''not''' be confused with ''idiopathic [[bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia]] (BOOP)'', and old term for ''cryptogenic organizing pneumonia''.


==General==
==General==