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==Bronchiectasis==
==Bronchiectasis==
===General===
{{Main|Bronchiectasis}}
*Benign.
*Uncommon.
*Predisposes for infection.<ref name=Ref_PBoD8_693>{{Ref PBoD8|693}}</ref>
**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.<ref>URL: [http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/LUNGHTML/LUNG053.html http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/LUNGHTML/LUNG053.html]. Accessed on: 21 February 2012.</ref>
**[[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.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Stockley | first1 = RA. | title = Commentary: bronchiectasis and inflammatory bowel disease. | journal = Thorax | volume = 53 | issue = 6 | pages = 526-7 | month = Jun | year = 1998 | doi =  | PMID = 9713456 }}</ref>
*"Tree-in-bud" abnormalities.
 
====Images====
<gallery>
Image:Bronchiectasis.jpg | Bronchiectasis. (WC)
</gallery>
www:
*[http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/LUNGHTML/LUNG053.html Bronchiectasis (utah.edu)].
 
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Dilated airways.
**Airways larger than arteries.
 
====Image====
www:
*[http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/LUNGHTML/LUNG054.html Bronchiectasis (utah.edu)].


==Pulmonary hemorrhage==
==Pulmonary hemorrhage==
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