Bronchorrhea
Bronchorrhea is the expectoration of copious amounts of mucus from the lungs. It has been defined as production of more than 100 mL of mucus in 24 hours, which is more than is usually seen in chronic lung disease (e.g. chronic bronchitis typically produces 25 mL/24 hrs) 2. It may be a feature of:
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Terms used in radiology
- general
- agenesis
- aplasia
- artifact
- atresia
- atrophy
- cyst
- dehiscence
- diathesis
- diverticulum
- dyscrasia
- exophytic
- fistula
- fluid collection
- forme fruste
- gamut
- geographic
- gold standard
- hernia
- heterogeneous vs heterogenous
- hyperplasia
- hypertrophy
- hypoplasia
- iatrogenic
- idiopathic
- incidentaloma
- in extremis
- lamellated
- laminated
- natural history
- non-specific
- phlegmon
- prodrome
- protean
- self-limiting
- septum
- sequela
- serpiginous
- sine qua non
- subclinical disease
- syndrome
- synechia
- trabecula
- genetics
- CNS
- chest
- GI
- infection
- MSK
- oncology
- metachronous
- synchronous
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