Fatal Bronchial Asthma

A Fatal Case of Bronchial Asthma

Increased myoepithelial cells of bronchial submucosal glands in fatal asthma.

BACKGROUND Fatal asthma is characterised by enlargement of bronchial mucous glands and tenacious plugs of mucus in the airway lumen. Myoepithelial cells, located within the mucous glands, contain contractile proteins which provide structural support to mucous cells and actively facilitate glandular secretion. OBJECTIVES To determine if myoepithelial cells are increased in the bronchial submuc...

A Fatal Case of Bronchial Asthma *Rearranged by Editor.

S. F.. an Indian male, 37 years of age, a clerk in British Africa, consulted me on the 3rd January, 1934, on account of a mild attack of influenza. He had previously had an attack of asthma in 1918 which however had lasted only a few hours and was relieved by a brisk purge. In September 1933, he had an attack of acute bronchitis, during which he suffered from a transient bout of asthma. Later o...

Pulmonary Artery Agenesis with Bronchial Asthma

Unilateral Pulmonary Artery Agenesis (UPAA) is a rare congenital anomaly during the 4 th  week of gestational age. It is defined as an absence of pulmonary parenchyma and its supporting artery. A 9-year-old girl was admitted to our hospital because of chronic cough. Chest examination showed a decrement in lung sound of right hemi-thorax with expiratory wheeze. Chest radiography (CXR) revealed a...

Human platelet antigen polymorphism in bronchial asthma

Background: Asthma is recognized as a common cause of disability, of great economic cost, and of preventable deaths. In this study we aimed to test our hypothesis to evaluate the relationship between the Human Platelet Antigen-1(HPA-1) polymorphism and bronchial asthma and its severity, which would suggest genetic variances that may be responsible for expression or activation of these receptors...