Bronchiolitis obliterans
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Diagnosis certain
Presentation
Recurrent pneumonia.
Patient Data
Age: 6 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Bronchiolitis obliterans
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Chest radiograph demonstrates thickening and dilatation of the bronchioles.
From the case:
Bronchiolitis obliterans
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Bilateral diffused mosaic attenuation patterns representing air trapping and normal parenchyma. There is associated bronchial dilatation with signet ring appearance in the right upper lobe and both lower lobes represent bronchiectasis.
Case Discussion
This young boy now suffers from irreversible abnormal dilatation of the bronchial tree secondary to previous multiple chest infections. This condition is known as bronchiolitis obliterans.
Case courtesy of Dr Rohalzy binti Ismail, Pediatric Radiologist, and Dr Che Zubaidah Bt Che Daud, Consultant Pediatric Radiologist of the Women and Children Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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