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bronchiolitis

Tuesday 3 May 2005

Definition: Inflammation of bronchioles.

Types

 acute bronchiolitis
 acute and chronic bronchiolitis
 chronic bronchiolitis

  • chronic bronchiolitis
    • lymphocytic bronchiolitis
    • follicular bronchiolitis
    • granulomatous bronchiolitis and bronchiolocentric granuloma
    • constrictive bronchiolitis
    • obliterative bronchiolitis (bronchiolitis obliterans)

Etiology

 infectious bronchilitis

  • viral
  • bacterial
  • parasitic

 sarcoidosis
 dysimmune bronchiolitis

See also

 cellular bronchiolitis
 respiratory bronchiolitis

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