Bronchial wall thickening
Dr Yuranga Weerakkody ◉ et al.
Bronchial wall thickening is an imaging descriptor used to abnormal thickening of bronchial walls and can arise from vast number of pathologically entities. It is one of causes of peribronchial cuffing.
The presence of bronchial wall thickening usually (but not always) implies inflammation or the airways.
Pathology
Causes
- inflammatory
- bronchial asthma 1
- cystic fibrosis - may also have an infective component
- smoking related lung diseases
- cryptogenic organising pneumonia
- infective
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bronchitis which in turn can arise from various forms of infection which include
- viral 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
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