SyndromePneumoniaPulmonaryCorrelateShortness of breConstrictiveSwyer-JamesRespiratoryTransplantationFibrosisAsthmaIrreversibleFibrinousObstructive lung diInterstitial pneumonitisDiacetylAirwaysDiseasesPopcornDiagnosisRejectionAffectsClinicalExposureAllograftBronchiolesCorrelationSymptomsDisordersWorkersFormRareCommonPatientsOverviewEarly
Syndrome7
- BO and its clinical correlate bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) affect up to 50-60% of patients who survive 5 yrs after surgery, irrespective of the type of transplant procedure 1 , 4 - 6 . (ersjournals.com)
- The disease is often termed bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) in the setting of post lung transplantation and hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT). (wikipedia.org)
- How I treat bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- Long-term outcomes after lung transplantation are often limited by the development of obliterative bronchiolitis (OB), which is clinically defined using spirometry as bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS). (derby.ac.uk)
- Obliterative Bronchiolitis (OB) is the pathological correlate of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome (BOS) a progressive disease that results in the fibrotic obliteration and blockage of the airways. (ndltd.org)
- Since OB is difficult to diagnose, a committee sponsored by now accepted as appropriate treatment for end-stage the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplan- tation (ISHLT) proposed a clinical description of OB, One-year survival for lung transplant recipients has termed bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome This risen from 47% in 1988 to 75% in 2001. (pdfdrugs.com)
- Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome 2001: an update of the diagnostic criteria. (pneumon.org)
Pneumonia6
- It is not related to cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, previously known as bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia. (wikipedia.org)
- Results: Interstitial pneumonia showed higher and bronchiolitis obliterans showed lower HU attenuation at normal and air trapping regions. (scirp.org)
- Common complications of adult bronchiolitis include chronic bronchitis , pneumonia , and death. (wikidoc.org)
- Tissue from the open lung biopsy of the third patient indicated severe organizing fibrinous pneumonia with bronchiolitis obliterans and diffuse alveolar damage. (cdc.gov)
- Areas of organizing pneumonia (bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia) may be identified [ 6 ]. (ajronline.org)
- and organizing pneumonia (bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia reaction) in two patients. (ajronline.org)
Pulmonary6
- A number of studies were identified that showed short-term beneficial outcomes or the potential for such outcomes in cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma and post-transplant obliterative bronchiolitis. (ersjournals.com)
- What is less clear is the evidence for a role of macrolides in the treatment of other chronic inflammatory airway diseases, e.g. cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, asthma, obliterative bronchiolitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic rhinosinusitis. (ersjournals.com)
- The exaggerated immune response to repeated inhalation of these particles leads to infiltration and proliferation of activated pulmonary macrophages and lymphocytes, resulting in lymphocytic alveolitis and bronchiolitis with noncaseating granulomas. (cdc.gov)
- Bronchiolitis in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. (pneumon.org)
- These cases have been characterized by a variety of clinical syndromes including pulmonary edema, interstitial pneumonitis, obliterative bronchitis, and pulmonary hemorrhage (1-6). (cdc.gov)
- Other types of respiratory diseases potentially impacted by workplace exposures include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (or COPD), hypersensitivity pneumonitis, silicosis, lung cancer, and bronchiolitis obliterans. (cdc.gov)
Correlate1
- an open lung biopsy was performed, which revealed constrictive bronchiolitis (the histopathologic correlate of obliterative bronchiolitis) with both narrowed and obliterated airways with surrounding fibrous tissue and a variable mixed chronic inflammatory cell infiltrate. (cdc.gov)
Shortness of bre1
- Bronchiolitis obliterans results in worsening shortness of breath, wheezing, and a dry cough. (wikipedia.org)
Constrictive4
- Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO), also known as obliterative bronchiolitis, constrictive bronchiolitis and popcorn lung, is a disease that results in obstruction of the smallest airways of the lungs (bronchioles) due to inflammation. (wikipedia.org)
- Diagnosis and treatment of constrictive bronchiolitis. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- Obliterative (constrictive) bronchiolitis. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- This is how the disease was given its nickname, although the true name of the disease is obliterative bronchiolitis, bronchiolitis obliterans or constrictive bronchiolitis. (vapecould.com)
Swyer-James1
- Tiene múltiples indicaciones, entre las más frecuentes están la enfermedad obstructiva de la vía aérea producida por bronquiolitis obliterante, asma, síndrome de Swyer-James, traqueomalacia, neumonitis por hipersensibilidad o sarcoidosis. (bvsalud.org)
Respiratory1
- Also known as Bronchiolitis, Obliterans, this recently discovered disease causes unpleasant symptoms such as wheezing, respiratory problems and coughing. (vapecould.com)
Transplantation4
- Airway damage resulting in bronchiolitis obliterans occurs frequently in patients after heart-lung and lung transplantation. (rug.nl)
- The findings suggest that viral infections and chronic rejection play a synergistic role in the development of bronchiolitis obliterans after human heart-lung and lung transplantation: the virus infection may stimulate chronic rejection and rejection may hamper the local defense against the virus. (rug.nl)
- Bronchiolitis obliterans after human lung transplantation. (pneumon.org)
- Chronic lung allograft dysfunction, the major cause of death following lung transplantation, usually manifests as irreversible airflow obstruction associated with obliterative bronchiolitis (OB), a lesion characterized by chronic inflammation, lymphoid neogenesis, fibroproliferation and small airway obliteration. (elsevierpure.com)
Fibrosis1
- Santill n-Doherty P. Transplante unilateral de plum n en un caso de fibrosis pulmonar Terminal. (medigraphic.com)
Asthma1
- Background: Asthma and obliterative bronchiolitis (OB) cases have occurred among styrene-exposed workers. (cdc.gov)
Irreversible1
- However, occupational bronchiolitis tends to be irreversible and permanent. (wikidoc.org)
Fibrinous1
- obliterative b., b. obliterans fibrinous b. in which the exudate becomes organized, obliterating the affected portion of the bronchial tubes with consequent permanent collapse of affected portions of the lung . (en-academic.com)
Obstructive lung di1
- Bronchiolitis Obliterans, aka Popcorn Workers Lung, is an obstructive lung disease in which the bronchioles of the lungs are blocked by the growth of fibrous tissue. (yourlawyer.com)
Interstitial pneumonitis1
- Histologically, subacute HP is characterized by the presence of cellular bronchiolitis, noncaseating granulomas, and bronchiolocentric lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis. (ajronline.org)
Diacetyl3
- Bronchiolitis Obliterans Among Workers at Popcorn Factories Due To A Diacetyl Exposure. (yourlawyer.com)
- A unusually high incidence of bronchiolitis obliterans among workers at microwave popcorn factories is likely the result of their exposure to diacetyl, a new study says. (yourlawyer.com)
- Inhalational exposures to diacetyl and 2,3-pentanedione can cause obliterative bronchiolitis. (cdc.gov)
Airways3
- D. M. Hansell, M. B. Rubens, S. P. Padley and A. U. Wells, "Obliterative Bronchiolitis: Individual CT Signs of Small Airways Disease and Functional Correlation," Radiology, Vol. 203, No. 3, 1997, pp. 721-726. (scirp.org)
- HRCT of obliterative bronchiolitis and other small airways disease. (pneumon.org)
- Bronchiolitis obliterans-Popcorn Workers Lung-is a rare, devastating, life-threatening disease that destroys the small airways of the lungs. (yourlawyer.com)
Diseases2
- Bronchiolitis obliterans can be caused by some types of bacterial or viral infection, certain diseases, injury sustained during a lung or bone marrow transplant, or by breathing in certain chemicals. (vapecould.com)
- Bronchiolitis is a generic term applied to a variety of inflammatory diseases that affect the bronchioles, sparing a considerable portion of the other parenchymal structures, in which both inflammatory cells and mesenchymal tissue are present. (pneumon.org)
Popcorn3
- Popcorn lung is the common name for a disease known as name bronchiolitis obliterans or obliterative bronchiolitis. (vapecould.com)
- Popcorn Lung, or Bronchiolitis obliterans, is making headlines again. (yourlawyer.com)
- Popcorn Workers Lung, also known as bronchiolitis obliterans, has been plaguing workers in the snack foods industry for years. (yourlawyer.com)
Diagnosis2
- Both patients' illness was misdiagnosed before they received a diagnosis of work-related obliterative bronchiolitis, which had not been identified previously in the coffee-processing industry. (cdc.gov)
- Based on this result, she received a diagnosis of obliterative bronchiolitis. (cdc.gov)
Rejection1
- Generally, chronic rejection is assumed to be the most important cause of bronchiolitis obliterans. (rug.nl)
Affects1
- Bronchiolitis obliterans affects up to 5.5% of people who have received HSCT. (wikipedia.org)
Clinical3
- This article discusses the alloimmune-dependent and -independent risk factors for bronchiolitis obliterans, the current understanding of the pathogenesis of bronchiolitis obliterans based on results of animal and human studies, the clinical staging of the complication, strategies that may contribute to the prevention and/or early detection of bronchiolitis obliterans, and suggestions for future research. (ersjournals.com)
- Bronchiolitis occurs in a variety of clinical settings and may be associated with large airway disease and parenchymal disease. (pneumon.org)
- Currently many clinical trials are in progress aimed at the identification of the most appropriate treatment for each specific type of bronchiolitis. (pneumon.org)
Exposure1
- If obliterative bronchiolitis is suspected, immediate protection from further exposure is crucial to prevent further deterioration of lung function. (cdc.gov)
Allograft2
- However, chronic allograft dysfunction in the form of bronchiolitis obliterans remains a major hurdle that threatens both the quality of life and long-term survival of the recipients. (ersjournals.com)
- Inhibition of spleen tyrosine kinase attenuates fibrous airway obliteration following allograft transplant in a mouse intrapulmonary transplant model of obliterative bronchiolitis. (elsevierpure.com)
Bronchioles1
- On day 56 after infection, the bronchioles showed scarring in the submucosa and obliteration of the lumen, typical features of bronchiolitis obliterans. (rug.nl)
Correlation1
- Obliterative bronchiolitis: varying presentations and clinicopathological correlation. (pneumon.org)
Symptoms1
- The symptoms and signs of bronchiolitis are nonspecific and polymorphous. (pneumon.org)
Disorders1
- Bronchiolitis in association with connective tissue disorders. (pneumon.org)
Workers1
- This report describes two cases of obliterative bronchiolitis identified in workers employed in a small coffee-processing facility. (cdc.gov)
Form1
- Hauptursache für die hohen Mortalitätsraten nach LTx ist die Ausbildung einer chronischen Abstoßung in Form eines Bronchiolitis obliterans Syndroms, dessen Intensität vor allem von dem Schweregrad und der Häufigkeit der vorausgegangenen akuten Abstoßung abhängig ist. (uni-regensburg.de)
Rare1
- Bronchiolitis obliterans is rare in the general population. (wikipedia.org)
Common1
- Bronchiolitis obliterans is a common complication in lung transplants because transplanted lungs are at greater risk of alloimmunization as compared to healthy lungs. (wikipedia.org)
Patients1
- If left untreated, patients with adult bronchiolitis may progress to develop cough , wheezing , and dyspnea . (wikidoc.org)
Overview1
- King TE Jr. Overview of bronchiolitis. (pneumon.org)
Early2
- Prior descriptions occurred as early as 1956, with the term "bronchiolitis obliterans" used first by Reynaud in 1835. (wikipedia.org)
- In obliterative bronchiolitis, expiratory CT scan may be the only imaging technique that shows abnormalities in the early phase of disease. (bvsalud.org)