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constrictive bronchiolitis
Tuesday 3 May 2005
Constrictive bronchiolitis designates inflammation and fibrosis occurring predominantly in the walls and contiguous tissues of membranous and respiratory bronchioles, with resultant narrowing of their lumens.
Synopsis
concentric bronchiolar fibrosis
Types
active constrictive bronchiolitis
inactive constrictive bronchiolitis
Etiology
healed pulmonary infections
- respiratory syncitial virus (VRS)
- cytomegalovirus
- adenovirus
- influenza virus
- parainfluenza virus
- varicella
- mycoplasma
organ allograft
- -* pulmonary allograft rejection (pulmonary transplantation)
- heart-lung allograft
- bone marrow allograft
fumes
- nitrogen oxide
toxins (inhaled or ingested)
- Sauropus androgynous
drugs
- penicillamine
- lomustine
dysimmunity (systemic connective tissue disease)
- rheumatoid arthritis
- pemphigus vulgaris
- inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs)
drugs
unknown cause (idiopathic constrictive bronchiolitis)
See also
bronchiolitis
- obliterative bronchiolitis (bronchiolitis obliterans)
pulmonary lesions
- bronchiolar lesions
- peribronchiolar lesions
- bronchiolocentric lesions
References
Schlesinger C, Veeraraghavan S, Koss MN. Constructive (obliterative) bronchiolitis. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 1998 Sep;4(5):288-93. PMID: 10813204
Schlesinger C, Meyer CA, Veeraraghavan S, Koss MN. Constrictive (obliterative) bronchiolitis: diagnosis, etiology, and a critical review of the literature. Ann Diagn Pathol. 1998 Oct;2(5):321-34. PMID: 9845757