Post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans in children: CT features that predict responsiveness to pulse methylprednisolone
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Post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans in children.
OBJECTIVE To review publications about the main features of post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans and its history, etiology, epidemiology, risk factors, pathogenesis, histological findings, clinical presentation, complementary tests, diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. SOURCES Non-systematic review of MEDLINE and LILACS databases and selection of 66 most r...
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biopsy specimens, while the number of sputum neutrophils and lymphocytes and the levels of interleukin-8 and eosinophilic cationic protein actually increased at 1 year. The duration of smoking cessation is also important because, with a longer duration, the CD8 cell numbers decrease, plasma cell numbers increase, while other inflam-matory cells persist. 14 Since oxidative stress (as reflected i...
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Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) is a rare disease in immunocompetent children that usually occurs after infection of the lower airways. While a diagnosis of BO was usually confirmed by lung biopsy, identification of prior lung lesion plus a typical clinical course and a suggestive chest X-ray and CT scan have replaced the need for more invasive procedures. The authors reviewed the clinical record...
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Swyer-James syndrome is a complication of post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans that causes inflammation and fibrosis of the bronchial walls. There are two types: asymptomatic, with most cases diagnosed in adults during routine radiological examinations; and symptomatic, most commonly found in children. Here, we report the case of a 6-year-old child with recurrent dyspnea since the age of 3,...
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OBJECTIVE: To review the literature on general aspects of bronchiolitis obliterans, with emphasis on childhood postinfectious bronchiolitis obliterans.METHODS: The most important publications on bronchiolitis obliterans were selected, using basically the Medline database (January of 1966 to September of 1999).RESULTS: This review is organized as follows: introduction, general aspects of bronchi...
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عنوان ژورنال: The British Journal of Radiology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0007-1285,1748-880X
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20140478