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Bronchiolitis

Case contributed by Bruno Di Muzio
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

History of cough on last three weeks. No fever.

Patient Data

Age: 75 years
Gender: Male

CT Chest

ct

Intense bronchiolar mural inflammation characterized as bronchiolar wall thickening associated with centrilobular nodules that are usually associated with some peripheral areas of the tree-in-bud pattern. 

Main tomographic findings

Annotated image

Intense bronchiolar mural inflammation characterized as bronchiolar wall thickening associated with centrilobular nodules that are usually associated with sobre peripheral areas of the tree-in-bud pattern. 

Case Discussion

Bronchiolitis is a broad term that refers to any form of inflammation of the bronchioles. 

There were no other available clinical data for this case.

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