Reversible bronchiectasis

Last revised by Henry Knipe on 8 Nov 2022

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Citation:

Zinaye A, Knipe H, Chieng R, Reversible bronchiectasis. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 10 Dec 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-155876

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-155876

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/155876

rID:

155876

Article created:

4 Nov 2022, Abenezer Zinaye

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Abenezer Zinaye had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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Last revised:

8 Nov 2022, Henry Knipe ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Henry Knipe had the following disclosures:

Radiopaedia Events Pty Ltd, Speaker fees (past)
Integral Diagnostics, Shareholder (ongoing)
Micro-X Ltd, Shareholder (ongoing)

These were assessed during peer review and were determined to not be relevant to the changes that were made.

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Revisions:

3 times, by 3 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Chest

Tags:

bronchiectasis, lung collapse, cases, case3, refs

Reversible bronchiectasis is a term describing dilated bronchial tree in a patient with a collapsed (atelectatic) lobe. It is thought to be due to increased tension on the bronchial wall by the collapsed lung. The dilated bronchi usually return to their normal size when the lung expands. The phrase is dubbed an oxymoron since bronchiectasis, by definition, is irreversible ¹. Other causes of reversible bronchiectasis are pneumonia and foreign body aspiration ².