Bronchiectasis
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Bronchiectasis is a relatively common medical lung disease with a number of underlying causes.
General
- Benign.
- Uncommon.
- Predisposes for infection.[1]
- Usually a mixed flora.
- May be predominantly fungal, e.g. allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA).
- Multitude of causes - including:
- Cystic fibrosis - typically diffusely involvement, unlike other causes.[2]
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia.
Gross
- Large airways at the periphery of the lung.
- Central airways larger than the adjacent arteries.
- Typically focal.
Radiologic:
- Central airways larger than the adjacent arteries.
- Airway wall-thickening.[3]
- "Tree-in-bud" abnormalities.
Images
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Microscopic
Features:
- Dilated airways.
- Airways larger than arteries.
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See also
References
- ↑ Kumar, Vinay; Abbas, Abul K.; Fausto, Nelson; Aster, Jon (2009). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease (8th ed.). Elsevier Saunders. pp. 693. ISBN 978-1416031215.
- ↑ URL: http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/LUNGHTML/LUNG053.html. Accessed on: 21 February 2012.
- ↑ Stockley, RA. (Jun 1998). "Commentary: bronchiectasis and inflammatory bowel disease.". Thorax 53 (6): 526-7. PMID 9713456.