Cystic fibrosis (CF) is primarily characterised by bronchiectasis and trapped air on chest computed tomography (CT). The revised Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire respiratory symptoms scale (CFQ-R RSS) measures health-related quality of life. To validate bronchiectasis, trapped air and CFQ-R RSS as outcome measures, we investigated correlations and predictive values for pulmonary exacerbations. CF ...

Sarcoidosis is an idiopathic disease that most commonly involves the lungs and is characterized by granulomatous inflammation. Bronchiectasis is one pulmonary manifestation of sarcoidosis, although it is almost always observed as traction bronchiectasis in the setting of fibrotic lung disease. A 50-year-old woman was evaluated for chronic cough and bronchiectasis with a small amount of peripher...

Bronchiectasis may occasionally affect almost the entire bronchial tree. Such changes can be the result either of developmental defects of the bronchial tree or of acquired inflammatory disease. For example, cystic lung and cystic bronchiectasis can result from both causes. The purpose of the present paper is to record five patients with a most unusual type of generalized bronchiectasis, and to...

The nose and lungs have both histological and functional similarities and differences. Sinonasal and bronchial involvement are associated in many diseases. Cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, Young's syndrome, and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency are diseases in which bronchiectasis and rhinosinusitis are both present. This review considers the diseases in which bronchiectasis occurs alo...

Computed tomography scan images have been used to identify different radiological COPD phenotypes based on the presence and severity of emphysema, bronchial wall thickening, and bronchiectasis. Bronchiectasis is defined as an abnormal dilation of the bronchi, usually as a result of chronic airway inflammation and/or infection. The prevalence of bronchiectasis in patients with COPD is high, espe...

The introduction of iodized oil as a contrast medium in radiology by Forestier and Sicard made it possible for the first time to demonstrate dilated bronchi in the living body. Thus the diagnosis of bronchiectasis could be made with certainty during life and was no longer dependent on post-mortem verification. Cases of bronchiectasis became apparent which did not show the classical symptoms of ...

Tracheobronchial clearance was measured by a radioaerosol technique in 12 patients with bronchiectasis, seven patients with chronic obstructive lung disease expectorating mucoid sputum daily (group X), eight patients with chronic obstructive lung disease but negligible sputum expectoration (group Y), and 10 healthy subjects. The patients with bronchiectasis all expectorated purulent sputum dail...

Bronchiectasis is a chronic and debilitating lung disease, characterised by irreversible dilatation of the bronchi as consequence of airway injury and remodelling due to recurrent or chronic airway inflammation and infection. The underlying aetiologies include autoimmune diseases, severe infections, genetic abnormalities and acquired disorders. The pathogenesis of bronchiectasis is poorly under...

The most common clinical suppurative lung conditions in children are empyema, lung abscess, and bronchiectasis, and to a less often necrotizing pneumonia. Until recently, bronchiectasis was the most common form of persistent suppurative lung disease in children. Protracted bacterial bronchitis is a newly described chronic suppurative condition in children, which is less persistent but more comm...

PALAVRAS-CHAVE Bronquiectasias; Et iologia; Invest igação Abstract Bronchiectasis (BE) is characterized by irreversible dilat ion and damage to the bronchial walls. It is a morphological expression of a large variety of pathologies. The t rue prevalence of BE is unknown. It is known, however, that in Third World count ries it is common due to lung infect ions. It s current prevalence in develop...