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What is the Definition of Swyer-James Syndrome & Bronchiolitis Obliterans?

April 26, 2017bronchiolitis definition obliterans SYNDROME

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What is the Definition of Swyer-James Syndrome & Bronchiolitis Obliterans?

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Swyer-James syndrome (McLeod syndrome) is a result of unilateral post infectious bronchiolitis obliterans in infancy and early childhood. Bronchiolitis obliterans is a disease in which the bronchioles, and, occasionally some of the smaller bronchi, are partly or completely obliterated (blotted out) by nodular masses that contain granulation and fibrotic tissue.