Bronchial wall thickening
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Bronchial wall thickening is an imaging descriptor used to describe abnormal thickening of bronchial walls and can arise from a vast number of pathological entities. It is one of the causes of peribronchial cuffing.
The presence of bronchial wall thickening usually (but not always) implies inflammation of the airways. On a plain radiograph, it can sometimes be often difficult to differentiate from peribronchovascular thickening.
Pathology
Aetiology
- inflammatory
- bronchial asthma: some studies suggest this sign on plain film may not be useful in reliably distinguishing an acute asthma exacerbation from normal individuals 1,6
- cystic fibrosis: may also have an infective component
- smoking related lung diseases
- cryptogenic organising pneumonia
- obstructive sleep apnoea7
- infective
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bronchitis which in turn can arise from various forms of infection which include
- acute bronchitis
- pulmonary Pseudomonas infection
- pulmonary Aspergillus infection
- pulmonary mycobacterial infections
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bronchitis which in turn can arise from various forms of infection which include
- other
-<li><a href="/articles/respiratory-bronchiolitis-interstitial-lung-disease-1">respiratory bronchiolitis interstitial lung disease</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/respiratory-bronchiolitis-interstitial-lung-disease-2">respiratory bronchiolitis interstitial lung disease</a></li>
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- +<a title="Obstructive sleep apnoea" href="/articles/obstructive-sleep-apnoea">obstructive sleep apnoea</a> <sup>7</sup>
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References changed:
- 7. Sarıman N, Levent E, Cubuk R, Yurtlu S, Benli Aksungar F. Bronchial Hyperreactivity and Airway Wall Thickening in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients. Sleep Breath. 2011;15(3):341-50. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-010-0387-7">doi:10.1007/s11325-010-0387-7</a> - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20607424">Pubmed</a>
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