Medicine:Bronchiolectasis
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Bronchiolectasis is defined as the saccular dilatation of the bronchioles. It is sometimes caused by inflammatory airway disease, in which case it is potentially reversible, but more frequently and irreversibly due to fibrosis.[1]
Imaging
Bronchiolectasis is seen in CT imaging of the chest. In cases where dilated bronchioles are filled with exudate and are thick walled, they can be seen as tree-in-bud appearance. However, in traction bronchiolectasis, the dilated bronchioles are seen as small, cystic, tubular airspaces.[2]
References
- ↑ Wisoff, Carl P. (June 1958). "Bronchiolectasis in Chronic Bronchitis". Radiology 70 (6): 848–850. doi:10.1148/70.6.848. ISSN 0033-8419. https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/abs/10.1148/70.6.848. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
- ↑ Hansell, David M.; Bankier, Alexander A.; MacMahon, Heber; McLoud, Theresa C.; Müller, Nestor L.; Remy, Jacques (March 2008). "Fleischner Society: Glossary of Terms for Thoracic Imaging". Radiology 246 (3): 697–722. doi:10.1148/radiol.2462070712. ISSN 0033-8419. https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/radiol.2462070712?url_ver=Z39.88-2003. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
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