Constrictive Bronchiolitis Obliterans: What Do We Know About This Fibrotic Airway Disease?
By Gary R. Epler, MD, FCCP Dr. Epler is Clinical Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School; Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA. Dr. Epler has disclosed no significant relationships with the companies/organizations whose products or services may be discussed within this chapter. Objectives • Contrast the clinical disorder of constrictive bronchiolitis obliterans as a fibrotic lesion with proliferative bronchiolitis as an inflammatory lesion. • Describe the causes of constrictive bronchiolitis obliterans and its associated systemic diseases. • Recognize the clinical findings, radiographic features, and physiologic findings of constrictive bronchiolitis obliterans. • Understand the management and treatment options for constrictive bronchiolitis obliterans. • Describe the expected clinical course for constrictive bronchiolitis obliterans. Key words: bronchiolitis; bronchiolitis obliterans; constrictive bronchiolitis; constrictive bronchiolitis
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