Constrictive bronchiolitis obliterans is an important respiratory illness because of its underlying irreversible fibrotic process, and is defined as concentric fibrosis in the bronchiolar submucosal ...

The term “bronchiolitis obliterans” was historically used by pathologists to refer to two distinct patterns of small-airway disease. The first was characterized by intraluminal polyps in the small ...

Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia, or BOOP, is an inflammatory lung disease affecting the bronchioles and alveoli. BOOP is most commonly seen in people between 40 and 60; however, it can ...

In May 2000, eight persons who had formerly worked at a microwave-popcorn production plant were reported to have severe bronchiolitis obliterans. No recognized cause was identified in the plant.

Bronchiolitis is a viral lung infection that causes inflammation in the smallest air passages in your lungs called bronchioles. Although it’s generally a childhood condition, bronchiolitis can also ...

April 24, 2009 (Paris, France) — In the never-ending search for therapies to prevent chronic lung allograft rejection, macrolide antibiotics, such as azithromycin, show promise, but only in about half ...

The term delayed non-infectious lung disease (DLD) refers to entities which occur late (>100 days) in 4 to 20% of allogeneic bone marrow transplant (BMT) recipients and for which no infectious causes ...

Bronchiolitis is defined as an acute inflammation of bronchioles in the lower respiratory tract that results in airway obstruction with accompanying progressive dyspnea and poor feeding. This ...