[Bronchiolitis: computed tomographic findings]. 1999

O Essadki, and P Grenier
Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris.

Bronchiolitis includes a broad range of conditions with variable clinical, functional and morphological expression. Bronchiolar disease may be a primary or a secondary condition. Non-specific inflammatory changes are observed at the histology examination, involving respiratory and membranous bronchioles with or without extension to the alveoli. CT findings vary from subtle to quite marked abnormalities related to alveolar involvement, including small centrilobular lesions (nodular and branching linear opacities), ground-glass attenuation, and airspace consolidation. All are potentially reversible and treatable. Cicatrization processes may lead to constrictive bronchiolitis, an irreversible condition characterized by circumferential submucosal or periadventitial fibrosis causing an obstruction of the bronchiolar lumen. CT findings include decreased lung attenuation and expiratory air trapping within the areas of bronchiolar obstruction. The contrast with normally ventilated and perfused areas creates a mosaic perfusion pattern.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011650 Pulmonary Alveoli Small polyhedral outpouchings along the walls of the alveolar sacs, alveolar ducts and terminal bronchioles through the walls of which gas exchange between alveolar air and pulmonary capillary blood takes place. Alveoli, Pulmonary,Alveolus, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Alveolus
D011658 Pulmonary Fibrosis A process in which normal lung tissues are progressively replaced by FIBROBLASTS and COLLAGEN causing an irreversible loss of the ability to transfer oxygen into the bloodstream via PULMONARY ALVEOLI. Patients show progressive DYSPNEA finally resulting in death. Alveolitis, Fibrosing,Idiopathic Diffuse Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis,Fibroses, Pulmonary,Fibrosis, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Fibroses,Alveolitides, Fibrosing,Fibrosing Alveolitides,Fibrosing Alveolitis
D012119 Respiration The act of breathing with the LUNGS, consisting of INHALATION, or the taking into the lungs of the ambient air, and of EXHALATION, or the expelling of the modified air which contains more CARBON DIOXIDE than the air taken in (Blakiston's Gould Medical Dictionary, 4th ed.). This does not include tissue respiration ( Breathing
D001988 Bronchiolitis Inflammation of the BRONCHIOLES. Bronchiolitides
D001989 Bronchiolitis Obliterans Inflammation of the BRONCHIOLES leading to an obstructive lung disease. Bronchioles are characterized by fibrous granulation tissue with bronchial exudates in the lumens. Clinical features include a nonproductive cough and DYSPNEA. Bronchiolitis, Exudative,Bronchiolitis, Proliferative,Constrictive Bronchiolitis,Exudative Bronchiolitis,Proliferative Bronchiolitis,Bronchiolitides, Constrictive,Bronchiolitides, Exudative,Bronchiolitides, Proliferative,Bronchiolitis, Constrictive,Constrictive Bronchiolitides,Exudative Bronchiolitides,Proliferative Bronchiolitides
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000402 Airway Obstruction Any hindrance to the passage of air into and out of the lungs. Choking,Airway Obstructions,Obstruction, Airway,Obstructions, Airway
D014057 Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tomography using x-ray transmission and a computer algorithm to reconstruct the image. CAT Scan, X-Ray,CT Scan, X-Ray,Cine-CT,Computerized Tomography, X-Ray,Electron Beam Computed Tomography,Tomodensitometry,Tomography, Transmission Computed,X-Ray Tomography, Computed,CAT Scan, X Ray,CT X Ray,Computed Tomography, X-Ray,Computed X Ray Tomography,Computerized Tomography, X Ray,Electron Beam Tomography,Tomography, X Ray Computed,Tomography, X-Ray Computer Assisted,Tomography, X-Ray Computerized,Tomography, X-Ray Computerized Axial,Tomography, Xray Computed,X Ray Computerized Tomography,X Ray Tomography, Computed,X-Ray Computer Assisted Tomography,X-Ray Computerized Axial Tomography,Beam Tomography, Electron,CAT Scans, X-Ray,CT Scan, X Ray,CT Scans, X-Ray,CT X Rays,Cine CT,Computed Tomography, Transmission,Computed Tomography, X Ray,Computed Tomography, Xray,Computed X-Ray Tomography,Scan, X-Ray CAT,Scan, X-Ray CT,Scans, X-Ray CAT,Scans, X-Ray CT,Tomographies, Computed X-Ray,Tomography, Computed X-Ray,Tomography, Electron Beam,Tomography, X Ray Computer Assisted,Tomography, X Ray Computerized,Tomography, X Ray Computerized Axial,Transmission Computed Tomography,X Ray Computer Assisted Tomography,X Ray Computerized Axial Tomography,X Ray, CT,X Rays, CT,X-Ray CAT Scan,X-Ray CAT Scans,X-Ray CT Scan,X-Ray CT Scans,X-Ray Computed Tomography,X-Ray Computerized Tomography,Xray Computed Tomography
D018549 Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia An interstitial lung disease of unknown etiology, occurring between 21-80 years of age. It is characterized by a dramatic onset of a "pneumonia-like" illness with cough, fever, malaise, fatigue, and weight loss. Pathological features include prominent interstitial inflammation without collagen fibrosis, diffuse fibroblastic foci, and no microscopic honeycomb change. There is excessive proliferation of granulation tissue within small airways and alveolar ducts. BOOP Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia,Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia,Primary Organizing Pneumonia,Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonias,Organizing Pneumonia, Cryptogenic,Organizing Pneumonia, Primary,Organizing Pneumonias, Primary,Pneumonia, Cryptogenic Organizing,Pneumonia, Primary Organizing,Primary Organizing Pneumonias

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