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'''Bronchiectasis''' is a relatively common [[medical lung disease]] with a number of underlying causes. | |||
==General== | |||
*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)]. | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Medical lung diseases]]. | |||
*[[Diffuse panbronchiolitis]]. | |||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist|1}} | |||
[[Category:Diagnosis]] | [[Category:Diagnosis]] | ||
[[Category:Medical lung diseases]] | |||